• Resol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldOP
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    6 months ago

    James, while John had had “had”, had had “had had”, “had had” had had a better effect on the teacher.

    I think reading it where the stress falls on the words in quotations can also make it slightly easier to understand.

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      6 months ago

      Oh, that example, I totally agree. I was fixated on “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” Strangely, commas don’t work in that one.