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James, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.
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This is an old chestnut, specially constructed so as to repeat the same word ("had") as many times as possible while still making sense as a sentence. It is talking about an answer to an English test, in which James wrote "had had", and John wrote "had", and the teacher preferred the former.
- This is an old chestnut, specially constructed so as to repeat the same word ("had") as many times as possible while still making sense as a sentence.
- It is talking about an answer to an English test, in which James wrote "had had", and John wrote "had", and the teacher preferred the former.
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This is an old chestnut, specially constructed so as to repeat the same word ("had") as many times as possible while still making sense as a sentence. It is talking about an answer to an English test, in which James wrote "had had", and John wrote "had", and the teacher preferred the former.
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