Brad had had had on his mind. 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Brad Johnston 
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  Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 6:45 PM
  Subject: Re: A punctuation challenge


  "Veit, Richard" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

  On the topic of the usefulness of punctuation, students might enjoy the challenge of punctuating the following to make it a coherent sentence, using only commas, quotation marks, and a semicolon.

  James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.

  Check here for a solution. (Sure to be denounced by Brad Johnston.)

  Dick

  Richard Veit
  Department of English
  University of North Carolina Wilmington
   
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  This item from my archives laments three in a row and you sidle up with eleven!

  Wow!

  I am transfixed by your audacity, Dick.

  This is from The Monk Downstairs, by Tim Farrington, c.2002. 

  "But the dreams they had had had come to nothing."

  Three 'had's in a row! Try that sometime.

  The Jeff Feagles Syndrome.

  (Jeff, a punter for the N.Y. Giants, is the only player in the NFL with three consonants together in his name.)

  I will take my hat off to anyone who can come up with a legitimate three-'had's-in-a-row, should someone care to rise to my challenge.

  .brad.sun.13apr08.
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