"Even before Brad joined the listserv, he had had "had" on the brain."

:)

Brian 

-----Original Message-----
From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on behalf of Brad Johnston
Sent: Sun 4/13/2008 7:45 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
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
   
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
   
  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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