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12 questions linked to/from How should I parse the sentence "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."
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Shouldn’t the sixth “buffalo” in the famous buffalo sentence be in the third person and thus take an “s”? [duplicate]
The famous
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
means:
Buffalo from Buffalo – whom other buffalo from Buffalo bully – bullies buffalo from Buffalo.
So, the sixth ...
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How do you parse a sentence containing only "buffalo" n times for different values of n? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo
This wiki page asserts that the sentence comprised of n "buffalo" (for all n) is a valid sentence. E.g. "Buffalo!" and "...
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Buffalo explanation [duplicate]
Could anybody please explain in detail the sentence
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."
I have seen the wikipedia pages but am unable to get it properly.
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What are some examples of awkward sounding but grammatically correct sentences?
What are some examples of awkward sounding but grammatically correct sentences?
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How is "Dogs dogs fight fight" grammatical?
I got this from https://youtu.be/yj-qmd4Cb78?t=1555 at 25:55
Can you help me make sense of this sentence?
The presenter’s explanation "Dogs that other dogs fight, themselves fight." didn’t ...
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Commutative, or "semantically palindromic" sentences
Being a mathematician with mathematician friends, my friends and I occasionally like to joke about the peculiarities of the English language. This one came up recently:
Obviously, most English ...
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"hadn't thought" vs. "didn't think"
Which is correct?
It was late and I was trying to do your package quickly and hadn't thought that I could put everything together.
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It was late and I was trying to do your package quickly and ...
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Toasters don't toast toast, toast toasts toast, or does toast toast toast? [closed]
I saw this funny meme from someeecards:
It has me a little confused: To me it sounds like toast toasts toast, not toast toast toast. Is this meme wrong or am I missing something Either they (toast) ...
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Term for sentences using multiple repeated words
Is there a term to describe the repeated usage of the same word in a sentence. Repetition is probably too broad for this, as it does not quite capture the deliberate and multiple nature of the ...
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Relative Clause Removal of "Relative Pronoun"
So I have a grammar book that says you can remove relative pronoun when it is used in defining relative clause, if it is non-defining you can't.
For example:
The man who we met yesterday was a sales ...
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Fish fish fish eat eat eat <- for real?
Consider the following sequence of (supposed) sentences:
"Organisms that fish eat are tasty" is valid English sentence.
"Organisms that fish eat, eat." is also valid English sentence, although it's ...
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Can the word and be used twice in a sentence in immediate succession [closed]
I mean the word and is used immediately one after the other.like and and
