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Gutek8134 lemmy.worldJames while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher4Reply
sscintilla crust.piefed.social2Hide 2 repliesI have an unreasonable hatred of this sentence. It is so hard to parce I refuse to acknowledge it as a valid English sentence.3Reply
88baanknexer replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyI think the fact it leaves out "which" after the first two buffalo really pushes it too far. It may be syntactically correct, but you would not normally do that. It's kind of like saying "it's what it's".3Reply
ripcord lemmy.worldMy favorite sentence. My favorite word is pneumonoultramicroscopicailicogolcanoconiosis.2Reply
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In German, it would be one word
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James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher
I have an unreasonable hatred of this sentence. It is so hard to parce I refuse to acknowledge it as a valid English sentence.
I think the fact it leaves out "which" after the first two buffalo really pushes it too far. It may be syntactically correct, but you would not normally do that. It's kind of like saying "it's what it's".
It's it's.
My favorite sentence.
My favorite word is pneumonoultramicroscopicailicogolcanoconiosis.
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