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Can you make a sentence having 'that' involved five consecutive times in it?
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Situation:There's a boy who has made a sentence in which he has used the word 'that' in the wrong way. The teacher observes this and so the sentence having five 'that's involved goes like this:
"The teacher said that that that that that boy used in a sentence was wrong"
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That boy, sat in that chair, in that house, in that neighborhood, along with that family.
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'that' has to come five consecutive times comet16!
the middle that should be in quotations
I just made up five people and named them That.
I love this one. Great job!!!
i don't get it
I got the cheap option of "i just wrote 'that that that that that' on a piece of paper", and I also got "John said that that 'that' that that boy wrote was nice"
I believe that the first 4 "THAT's" are grammatically correct, too! I've GOT to find a way to work this into my next term paper's thesis! Bwah hah hah!
Great!
One of the best groaners on the site!
Wow. That was incredible.
Wow. Had to look at this twice to actually figure it out. Keep up the great work!!
I got 6!
Situation: Someone wrote the word "that" twice on a piece of paper, one covering the other.
I think that that "that" that that "that" is covering makes them both illegible.
Situation: Someone wrote the word "that" twice on a piece of paper, one covering the other.
I think that that "that" that that "that" is covering makes them both illegible.
Here's a phrase with eleven 'had's in a row:
John, where Ian had had "had", had had "had had". "Had had" had had their teacher's approval.
John, where Ian had had "had", had had "had had". "Had had" had had their teacher's approval.
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