My parents told me of an interesting radio piece they'd heard on a recent drive. A challenge was issued to listeners to create a sentence containing five 'thats' in a row.
Unable to come up with a sentence themselves, they put the challenge to me. I too failed.
The winning sentence?
It is true that: that that, that that man used in that sentence, is wrong.
This sentence, as well as being absurd, can be written in a much cleaner manner. A better way of defining the words would be, 'It is true that the 'that', which that man used in that sentence, is wrong.'
To carry this topic on even further, I found an example on the internet of a sentence with EIGHT 'thats' in a row!!
"I already told you that: that that "that" (that "that" that that teacher used) was grammatically correct"
How about a sentence containing five 'ands' in a row?
Unable to come up with a sentence themselves, they put the challenge to me. I too failed.
The winning sentence?
It is true that: that that, that that man used in that sentence, is wrong.
This sentence, as well as being absurd, can be written in a much cleaner manner. A better way of defining the words would be, 'It is true that the 'that', which that man used in that sentence, is wrong.'
To carry this topic on even further, I found an example on the internet of a sentence with EIGHT 'thats' in a row!!
"I already told you that: that that "that" (that "that" that that teacher used) was grammatically correct"
How about a sentence containing five 'ands' in a row?
A typesetter was setting type for an advertisement for an inn called The Horse And Cart. His client was proofing the ad. and said;
There is too much spacing between Horse and And, and And and Cart.
There is too much spacing between Horse and And, and And and Cart.
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