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"Even before Brad joined the listserv, he had had "had" on the brain."
:)
Brian
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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on behalf of Brad Johnston
Sent: Sun 4/13/2008 7:45 PM
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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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