Fair enough, Toad, for it to make sense it probably needs to be put into context. Teacher drank coffee during his holiday. He then asked the class to write down whether it was grammatically correct to say he had coffee during his holiday or had had coffee during his holiday. Then he marked the results. Tom, while John had had "had had", had had "had"; "had had" had had the teacher's approval.
Regional Director for Scotland for Clan Cunningham International, and a Scottish Armiger.
I'll post the grammatical explaination later, Onion. I'm on my way out right now.
Cheers,
Nick
No worries mate. Used to do a bit of theatre & voice over stuff so played with the inflection & timing of the sentance a bit & got what it meant. still wanna hit you with a pie tho!
Translation to Nicks 'trick':
"That that that that is the third 'that' in this sentance is a noun is obvioius." is
"The fact that the specific occurance of the word 'that' which falls as the 3rd 'that' in this sentance..."
My high school english teacher would be so proud.
ITS A KILT, G** D*** IT! WARNING: I RUN WITH SCISSORS
“I asked Mom if I was a gifted child… she said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me."
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