Topic: James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

Anonymous A started this discussion 15 years ago #3,850

"James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher" is an English sentence used to demonstrate lexical ambiguity and the necessity of punctuation, which serves as a substitute for the intonation, stress and pauses found in human speech. In human information processing research, the sentence has been used to show how readers depend on punctuation to give sentences meaning, especially in the context of scanning across lines of text."

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Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #69,566

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"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." is a grammatically valid sentence in the English language, used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs. It has been discussed in literature since 1972 when the sentence was used by William J. Rapaport, an associate professor at the University at Buffalo. It was posted to Linguist List by Rapaport in 1992. It was also featured in Steven Pinker's 1994 book The Language Instinct.

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Anonymous A (OP) triple-posted this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #69,568

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That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is is an English word sequence demonstrating lexical ambiguity. It is used as an example illustrating the importance of proper punctuation.

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Falco !PZmcClOUDk joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 8 minutes later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #69,572

I like this stuff

Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 11 minutes later, 26 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #69,578

Sounds like translation party.

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