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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Seconds hand clock
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He sat in the room and tapped his foot the the sound of the seconds hand clock.
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He sat in the room and tapped his foot the the sound of the seconds hand clock.
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to the sound of the second hand of the clock. to the sound of the clock's second hand. to the ticking of the second hand.
- to the sound of the second hand of the clock.
- to the sound of the clock's second hand.
- to the ticking of the second hand.
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... to the sound of the second hand of the clock.
... to the sound of the clock's second hand.
... to the ticking of the second hand. (People would know that was a clock.)
... to the sound of the clock's second hand.
... to the ticking of the second hand. (People would know that was a clock.)
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A second-hand clock is not the same as a clock with a second hand.
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And if you removed the second hand from one clock and added it to a second clock to give it a total of three hands, the second clock would have a second-hand second second hand.
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...And if you removed the second hand from one clock and added it to a second clock to give it a total of four hands...
Unless you started with a second-hand single-hand clock and single-handedly singled it out to become a second-hand clock with a first and second second-hand second hand.)
Unless you started with a second-hand single-hand clock and single-handedly singled it out to become a second-hand clock with a first and second second-hand second hand.)
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AlpheccaStarsgive it a total of four hands...Oh geez! Back to the drawing board!
AlpheccaStarsUnless you started with a second-hand single-hand clock and single-handedly singled it out to become a second-hand clock with a first and second second-hand second hand.
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