Timeline for Can you use two "and"s in a coordinate noun phrase?
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| Feb 20, 2015 at 17:20 | comment | added | CoolHandLouis | One has to "get the joke" to understand this. On my first reading I parsed italic 'and' as emphasis. The reason that's so confusing is that it almost works (kind of like a garden path sentence)! Now I see the sentence as, "I can use one word and another word, and still another word." Seeing it that way, I'm upvoting this answer. :) | |
| Jan 17, 2013 at 11:28 | comment | added | Robusto | @Alexander: That is why it is an example sentence. It pushes the boundaries to make a point. | |
| Jan 17, 2013 at 4:23 | comment | added | Alexander | Just because you can, doesn't mean you should... Your example sentence is rather convoluted, despite being perfectly valid and correct! :) | |
| Jan 17, 2013 at 3:29 | comment | added | Robusto | And the unitalicized ones are examples of its use. The italicized ones are meant to be humorous, not cheesy. | |
| Jan 17, 2013 at 2:51 | comment | added | prash | All occurrences of an italicized "and" in your comment are not its use. And this sentence does not have any cheese in it. | |
| Jan 17, 2013 at 0:53 | history | answered | Robusto | CC BY-SA 3.0 |