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Thu Jun 15, 2006 14:06 pm So many hads? |
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. A silly exercise, Tom. However, if you google 'had had had had had', you will find some answers, as well as some other similar sillinesses. . _________________ Canadian-American native speaker who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's ESL cafe: Interview with Mr. Micawber |
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Thu Jun 15, 2006 14:41 pm So many hads? |
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Hi Tom
As Mr. Micawber said, that collection of "hads" should not be taken seriously.
I wrote that in a thread when I was joking around with Michael (the Arabian Horses Fan). But, it is true that you can find the solution using Google. Along with a couple of variations. 
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Thu Jun 15, 2006 14:50 pm So many hads? |
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. Oops. No toes meant to be stepped on, Yank. . _________________ Canadian-American native speaker who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's ESL cafe: Interview with Mr. Micawber |
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Thu Jun 15, 2006 15:02 pm So many hads? |
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Hi Mr. M
No toe damage at all. I just wanted to verify what you'd said for Tom. 
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Sat Jun 17, 2006 13:44 pm So many hads? |
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When I was in elementary school, a teacher gave us a variation of that exercise: "Where had had had had had had had had had had had had had the teacher's approval."
We were supposed to capitalize and punctuate the "sentence" properly. Of course no one -- including my school teacher mother -- was able to do it, because it involved a character named "Had" and a character named "Had Had". Who would have guessed that? When I showed my mother the teacher's answer, she said, "Oh. Well, you didn't tell me the story had Lebanese people in it!" (The Arabic name Haddad is rather common in our neighborhood.)
I still think of this as the most despicable waste of time any teacher ever forced on us. Who in the world is going to guess that there could possibly be people named "Had" and "Had Had"! |
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