English. You’ve been had!

Posted on Sunday, 29 December, 2013 by djpaterson

Why do people consider the English language to be very flexible?

Because this sentence makes perfect sense:

“All the faith he had had had had no effect on the outcome of his life.”

Mind you, using had eleven times in a row is a bit of a challenge: Wikipedia

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Reader, Writer, Arithmeticer. Not always in that order.
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2 Responses to English. You’ve been had!

  1. laurie27wsmith says:
    Sunday, 29 December, 2013 at 9:19 pm

    I think we’ve been had.

    Reply

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