Wednesday, December 9, 2009

STOP! It's Grammar Time




Two completely legit and grammatically correct sentences:

~"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."

~"James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher"

Note: The word "buffalo" has lost all meaning.

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Let's try to have these sentences make sense, shall we? The first would be:

~"Buffalo buffalo [who] Buffalo buffalo buffalo[, also] buffalo Buffalo buffalo."

or:

"Buffalo from Buffalo, NY, who tend to be buffaloed by other buffalo from Buffalo, NY, themselves tend to buffalo other buffalo from Buffalo, NY."



Next:

~"James, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher."

or:
~"John had written "had" on his grammar quiz while James had written "had had". The teacher preferred James' answer."


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