I was trying to think of all of the situations where the same word could be used two consecutive times within a grammatically correct sentence. I thought of three. Here they are all in one sentence:
I want you to take care of my children when I die, and if you do do that that will will include you as the sole beneficiary.
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ReplyDeleteAllow me to translate:
ReplyDeleteJC,
I know should I just email you, but I'm too fuckin' lazy. Here is something completely unrelated with your post.
Being a Microsoft hater, I know you'll enjoy this:
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Sincerely,
Anonymous Gamer
I thought of one, but that's a whole nother story.
ReplyDeleteIs 'do do' grammatically correct? In every case, you can substitute a single 'do' without any change to the meaning.
ReplyDelete'That that' is awkward but correct, however in every case I can think of, there should be a comma separating the words.
'Will will' is a bit different from the others, because it is the same word with two completely different meanings. Although it's grammatically correct, it's a stretch to use 'that will' as the subject of this phrase, implying that the will is acting upon someone or something. It's much more clear to simply say 'you will be included in the will' instead of choosing the will as the actor. You could similarly, in the context of a counterfeit paiting for instance, ask 'Will the fake fake the experts?' which I suppose is just as legitimate grammatically, but you'd never really want to write a sentence that way...unless you were just trying to be clever.
By the way, I hate that I can no longer preview my posts before I submit them. Change is bad!
OK, that post was really hurtful. You really took the wind out of my sail.
ReplyDeleteBy hurtful, I mean mean. Oh yeah! We now have:
do do
that that
will will
mean mean
I'll look into the preview. I'm here to please my 6 customers.
You ignored my 'fake fake' example.
ReplyDeleteAlso...can the fool fool the audience?
Excellent. Sorry about missing that fake fake. You were confusing me with all of that grammar talk.
ReplyDeleteSo, at the next intersection, I take a right, right?
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