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I can't remember what the word or sentence was awhile back. The puzzle was to use the same word in a grammatically correct sentence, and to use it 5 times consecutively. Help, help, help, help, help!

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The sentence in question was probably:

I said that, "that 'that' that that man wrote should have been underlined."

An explanation can be found at http://www.increasebrainpower.com/that-riddle.html.

Once you've managed to wrap your head around that train-wreck of a sentence, see what you can do with:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo.

It is grammatical, and it doesn't require any other punctuation.

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And, in honor of all of us who love to use the pluperfect at every opportunity, it could also have been "had" for a seven-fold repeat.

When John and Mary compared test results, John, where Mary had "had had," had "had": "had had" received a better grade from the instructor.

I am assuming that expletives are excluded. In Four Weddings and a Funeral, for example, in the church narthex … .

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The landlord of the Rose and Crown (a tavern), complained to his sign writer:

"You haven't left enough space between 'Rose' and 'and' and 'and' and 'Crown'."

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Ron Draney said:

The sentence in question was probably:

I said that, "that 'that' that that man wrote should have been underlined."

An explanation can be found at http://www.increasebrainpower.com/that-riddle.html.

Once you've managed to wrap your head around that train-wreck of a sentence, see what you can do with:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo.

It is grammatical, and it doesn't require any other punctuation.


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