Last month I set the following puzzle. Here is a sequence of 11 consecutive instances of ‘had’: had had had had had had had had had had had I asked readers to punctuate this sequence to turn it into a perfectly valid English text. Here is the context: John and Tom had each written a…… Continue reading Puzzle: answer
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Puzzle: another hint
Last month I set the following puzzle. Here is a sequence of 11 consecutive instances of ‘had’: had had had had had had had had had had had Can you punctuate this sequence to turn it into a perfectly valid English text? Last week, I gave this hint: John and Tom had each written a…… Continue reading Puzzle: another hint
Puzzle: a hint
Last month I set the following puzzle. Here is a sequence of 11 consecutive instances of ‘had’: had had had had had had had had had had had Can you punctuate this sequence to turn it into a perfectly valid English text? Here is a hint. John and Tom had each written a sentence for…… Continue reading Puzzle: a hint
Puzzle: 11 consecutive instances of ‘had’
My first English teacher at secondary school said that a perfectly valid text can contain 11 consecutive instances of ‘had’: had had had had had had had had had had had All it needs is some punctuation. Can you see how to do it? I will give a hint on 7 May and another hint…… Continue reading Puzzle: 11 consecutive instances of ‘had’