• Classy
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    3 months ago

    It’s word play.

    No pun intended.
    “No pun in ten did [win the contest]”

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      3 months ago

      Yes I understand. It works spelled that way. But “no pun intended” doesn’t work because there was no pun in the initial setup. In my version both meanings make sense