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Anonymous Tue Aug 2 23:58:27 2016 No.8354258 [Reply] [Original]

>had had

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 3 00:36:12 2016 No.8354374 File: 25 KB, 634x429, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8354258 Haha good bantz

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 3 00:38:54 2016 No.8354382 >>8354374 >>>/tv/ aussie scum bag

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 3 08:41:29 2016 No.8355241 >>8354258 I noticed Orwell doing this often in Homage to Catalonia. Got a little annoying after a while. I don't understand why you would do this though. It's completely redundant.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 3 08:43:30 2016 No.8355249 >>8355241 What makes you thinking using the same word twice in a row is redundant ?

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 3 09:42:17 2016 No.8355415 >>8354258 >>8355241 > Pluperfect of 'to have' is redundant Perfectly fine. Learn to read.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 3 09:46:52 2016 No.8355424 >>8355249 >>8355415 It's not grammatically redundant, but your mind fills in the blanks anyway. Homage to Catalonia is an amazing book

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 3 09:50:37 2016 No.8355433 File: 140 KB, 622x498, 1468479994566.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8355241 >It's completely redundant. congratulations, you triggered me. You're shitting on one of the only interesting things about English Grammar

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 3 12:17:26 2016 No.8355805 >>8355433 It looks more like a flaw.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 3 12:26:14 2016 No.8355828 >had had >that that It's aesthetically displeasing, but I feel authors throw them in there just because they can. Kinda like when you leave primary school and learn staring a sentence with "and" or "but" is allowed.