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Learning english (lemmy.ml)

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[-] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 103 points 4 months ago

Surely you've thoroughly thought this through though?

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 46 points 4 months ago

It's tough.

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 20 points 4 months ago

They did. And don't call them Shirley!

[-] Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I feel like there needs to be a comma somewhere in that sentence but I don't know why...

[-] NathanUp@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 months ago

Before the last word.

[-] Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That's my first thought, but my brain keeps trying to inject one immediately following "Surely." No idea why.

[-] TehBamski@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Knowing there should be a comma in the sentence, is half the battle. Knowing why... is the other half.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 8 points 4 months ago

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a grammatically correct sentence in English that is often presented as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs through lexical ambiguity.