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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Welp, my brain hurts now. ๐Ÿค•

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)
[โ€“] C0unterfactual 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Due to the restrictive clause the only proper punctuation is the ending period.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

I think reading it where the stress falls on the words in quotations can also make it slightly easier to understand.

[โ€“] C0unterfactual 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh, that example, I totally agree. I was fixated on "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." Strangely, commas don't work in that one.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Neither do they work in the police one.

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