Your version, T. J., is exactly what my English teacher produced, except
that she had a full-stop ('period') where you have a semicolon.  I prefer
the semicolon.

Edmond




> Brad, where Craig had had "had had," had had "had"; "had had"
> had had the examiner's approval.
> This is one solution.
> 
> tj
> 
> 
> 
> On Sunday 03/20/2011 at 7:27 am, Edmond Wright   wrote:
>> As an epilogue on the Past Perfect Controversy I thought I might
>> remind you
>> of a well-known punctuation challenge.  My English teacher used to
>> produce
>> this sort of thing in the last lessons before Christmas.
>> 
>> The challenge is to make sense of the following by inserting
>> punctuation
>> marks.  I have updated the names.
>> 
>> 'Brad where Craig had had had had had had had had had had had the
>> examiner's
>> approval.'
>> 
>> I think we all, with one exception, would agree with the examiner.
>> 
>> Edmond
>> 
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