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...are told the resolution, and then say “Huh. OK, if you say so.” Adding punctuation helps: John, while James had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had
by dmpayton 17y ago
...are told the resolution, and then say “Huh. OK, if you say so.”
Adding punctuation helps:
John, while James had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had more fun.
- billswift 17y agoNot much, it still doesn't make any sense to read or hear. Just because something can be parsed does NOT make it good English. The whole purpose of language is to communicate - if it cannot be understood without parsing it is not correct. Of course, the examples are not supposed to communicate, but to be entertaining, which is a different function.
- JadeNB 17y ago> Not much, it still doesn't make any sense to read or hear. pvg points out below (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1097310 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1097310) that my source had a nonsensical ending; the actual ending makes a bit more sense.