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7470432 No.7470432 [Reply] [Original]

>had had

>> No.7470435

>>7470432
This gets me too, but what's the fucking alternative?

>> No.7470439

Just wrote "had had" for a work report 5 minutes ago. Feels good senpai.

>> No.7470450

>tfw you can reword the sentence
relief
>tfw you can't.
It's like being jabbed in the throat.

>> No.7470457

>>7470432

>an historic

>> No.7470459
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7470459

>'d had

>> No.7470464

All of the joy he had had had had no effect on his wife.

>> No.7470467
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7470467

>>7470457
>a hour
>a half hour

>> No.7470470

>>7470464

am I right in thinking that you can have an infinite number of "had had"s and it would make sense as long as you were implicitly referring to a chain of different events?

>> No.7470478

>>7470432
Gaddis does this all the time.

>> No.7470500

>>7470470
You're right indeed.

>> No.7470501
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7470501

>that that

>> No.7470507

>is is

>> No.7470508

>>7470470
It would then have to be an infinite chain of events, which is impossible. Therefore, I proved you wrong. Next.

>> No.7470515

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

>> No.7470516

>>7470470
Sounds like it would be a valid mathematical induction proof to me, anon

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7470658

>do do

>> No.7470777

>That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is

>> No.7470779

>>7470435
"he had had"
can be fixed like this:
"he'd had"

>> No.7470786

>>7470515
James, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.

>> No.7470806

>>7470470
I've got an idea for the next pomo masterpiece.

>> No.7471030

but is had'd had possible ?

>> No.7471035

>>7471030
idk desu senpai