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

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“James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher” is an English sentence used to demonstrate lexical ambiguity and the necessity of punctuation, which serves as a substitute for the intonation, stress and pauses found in human speech.

The phrase can be understood more clearly by adding punctuation and quotation marks:

James, while John had had “had”, had had “had had”; “had had” had had a better effect on the teacher.

The meaning could thus be rendered “It was the case that while John used ‘had,’ James used ‘had had.’ The teacher preferred ‘had had.’”

english is ridiculous

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Is it bad that I understand this >__
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    sick of the “had”. a bit..
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Progression. "It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop."

This means more to me than a default quote.


Richard Fernandez
21 years of age
Infinite more to learn
Equally eager to try
I will not stop.
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