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I came across this old test in a book I was re-reading, I ran it by Hatch, she had a fair stab at it, but didn't quite get it all.

Correctly punctuate the following sentence so it reads well.

Smith where Brown had had had had had had had had had had had the examiner's approval.

Looking for complete punctuation here.

Grammar, schammer. Anyone who would write a sentence like that should literarily be shot.

Smith, where Brown had had "had had", had had "had"; "had had" had had the examiner's approval.

Scooter nails it in one!

Now who can give me a sentence which contains the word 'and' five times in a row?

Isn't it something along the lines of;

"He noticed the gap between and and "and and" was larger?

I'm one short there though

Nope, try again...

It was right there and and and and and now it's gone...

lmao - I should've said without stuttering...

Sean wrote:Now who can give me a sentence which contains the word 'and' five times in a row?

Put more space between Pig and and and and and Whistle.

Anyone care to punctuate it (this one is easier).

Put more space between "Pig" and "and", and "and" and "Whistle".

And do it NOW.

I would think: Put more space between 'Pig' and 'and' and 'and' and 'Whistle'.

I'm not sure if the comma works; it's probably not grammatically indicated but I can see the effect of a slight pause there.

I agree with Sean. However Gob, being a cronic over user of commas, insisted it was necessary. I hate commas and I don't believe it was.

It is a natural pause but it's not right to follow a comma with 'and'.