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The shortest 'legal' sentence I can come up with is 82 Characters "Why did Microsoft Entertainment Pack have a sticker announcing that it had Tetris?" The had
by piltdownman 2mo ago
The shortest 'legal' sentence I can come up with is 82 Characters
"Why did Microsoft Entertainment Pack have a sticker announcing that it had Tetris?"
The had... had... is doing the heavy lifting for omitting the 'did' - but it's perfectly comprehensible.
More to the point, 'English' doesn't have a Universal agreed dialect, pronunciation, or spelling. You'd lose your mind trying to square the circle of Hiberno English - the language of Joyce, Beckett, Keane, Wilde, Yeats et al - based on your notions of 'proper' English.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English
- fragmede 2mo agoHow about > Why did Microsoft Entertainment Pack announce that it had Tetris
- rsynnott 2mo agoThe sticker seems like an important aspect.
- fragmede 2mo agoWhich the article can state, but the headline needs to fit.
- Ukv 2mo agoWhy it was announced specifically on a sticker (rather than on the box like the other games) is the core of the question - the headline no longer really works without it. I'd go with one of: > Why did Microsoft Entertainment Pack have a sticker announcing it had Tetris? > Why did Microsoft Entertainment Pack announce that it had Tetris on a sticker? > Why the Microsoft Entertainment Pack had a sticker announcing it had Tetris But doesn't really matter that much.
- thaumasiotes 2mo ago> The shortest 'legal' sentence I can come up with is 82 Characters You can put the mangled headline into actual English by shortening it: Why Microsoft Entertainment Pack had a sticker announcing that it had Tetris