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Had had had had
You can make the following into grammatically correct English merely by adding punctuation. You may not change the word order, nor add or subtract any words.
John while Jim had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher
John while Jim had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher
Answer
John, while Jim had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.The meaning of the sentence can be explained as follows; "While Jim had used "had", John had used "had had". The teacher preferred "had had"."
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The first capitalized Had is NOT a name of a person.
John | had had "had had." ... ...
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while Jim had had "had,"
See?
John | had had "had had." ... ...
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while Jim had had "had,"
See?
wow you screwed that one up...next time stick with the original..might work out better for ya...John, where Mary had had had had, had had had.
What was that all about!
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I had a heck of a time with all the hads but had i had worked on it i may have had a better understanding i still had and continue to have a black hole as to what had this had to do with had any way
This really wasn't fair. This can be done without introducing proper names, and this answer even broke the rules! Capitalizing the H is not punctuation.
I don't understand the pedantic complaints - it's perfectly OK. Any primary school child knows that, when the teacher says, 'Punctuate ...' some capitalisation will result.
BUT it's not original so it shouldn't be here ... should it?
BUT it's not original so it shouldn't be here ... should it?
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