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Is this correct?Chi Meson said:
John, where Jim had had 'had', had had 'had had'; 'had had' had had the best effect on the teacher.
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John, where Jim had had 'had', had had 'had had'; 'had had' had had the best effect on the teacher.
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arildno said:
This is what I had suggested, but I'm not especially happy with it. I'm sure Chi has a better answer.
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Oops, sorry for nicking your semi-colon idea Gokul..
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Gokul43201 said:
Uh, no. THat's about it. I didn't say it was a great sentence. I came up with that in the seventh grade (1977), although I don't think it was entirely original. We were learning the past-perfect tense, and my friends and I tried to see haw many "had"s we could string together.