Re: was did

On Sep 18, 6:27 pm, analys...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Sep 18, 3:50 pm, Bart Mathias <math...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

analys...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
[...]

What I think is happening is that ...isn't contrived and has 4 vowels
in a row.  I wonder what the limit is.

Those look, in a way, even more like verbs than like vowels. Anyway,
either way, it's seven.

Bart Mathias

I meant verbs of course.  I wouls suspect that a string of >= 5 verbs
can only occur in  contrived examples.

This is from a 1920s Book of Knowledge:

John, where James had had had had had had had had had had had a better
effect on the teacher.

.... had had "had," had had "had had"; "had had" had had ...
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: was did
    ... effect on the teacher. ... (or vowels) ... I guess google groups must have changed some sequence of four verbs ...
    (sci.lang)
  • English question
    ... I am taking an English course for elementary-to-intermediate ... my teacher who is from Australia said that there were 3 ... auxiliaryverbs. ...
    (sci.lang)
  • Re: Help on assignment please
    ... the modifiers of the verbs in the following 10 questions are ... ask your teacher what the purpose of these little tortures is. ...
    (alt.usage.english)
Quantcast