Can we really exclude "whom" from this sentence containing only the word "police"?
TL;DR: Is it grammatically-correct to remove the word "whom" from example sentence [2] below?
More details: I recently watched a video claiming that the sentence consisting of the word "police" strung together 8 times is a grammatically-correct English sentence. Here it is with punctuation:
Police police, police police police police, police police. [1]
Here is what it is supposed to mean:
The (Police Police), whom the (Police Police Police) police, police the Police. [2]
I've put compound nouns in parentheses to try to make the sentence even easier to parse. The premise here is that:
- There are the Police
- There are the Police Police who watch over (police) the Police
- There are the Police Police Police who watch over (police) the Police Police
... ad infinitum
My question is: I know we can remove the definite article, but can we really remove the word "whom". The sentence certainly doesn't make a lot of sense without it :/
Top answer
" is a grammatically correct sentence in American English. You can read the analysis and parsing here. org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
- " is a grammatically correct sentence in American English.
- You can read the analysis and parsing here.
- org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
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I suppose that it is lexically similar to this one:
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." is a grammatically correct sentence in American English.
You can read the analysis and parsing here.
0jastrobut can we really remove the word "whom"?
Yes, we really can.
CJ
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