7 That’s in a row

22 comments

• Ben B says:
  

  You can add another had by renaming John to “Had,” and bringing it to 12 consecutive by rephrasing, also adding 4 unattached “had”s, bringing the final count to 16:

  James, while Had had had “had had,” had had “had.” Had “had had” had a better effect on the teacher than “had”, he would have had to have “had had.”

• Oli and Ben says:
  

  The had one (repeated 11 times in a row) is:

  James, while John had had “had,” had had “had had.” “Had had” had had a better effect on the teacher.

  The “that” one needs some punctuation to make sense really.

• Yeah ok says:
  

  Saw, saw somebody saw a saw, with a saw, that can out-saw any saw, Saw saw

• Anthony West says:
  

  I read somewhere that had can be used 26 times in a row & still be comprehensible

• Mahnoor Khaliq says:
  

  Make a sentence in which “that” uses 5 times in order

• Dr. Daniel D. says:
  

  I have a new record, thanks to Sai (A.K.A. Gandam). He has released a song named That That.

  Here we go. 10 ten thats in a row…

  Is that “That That” that “That That” that that “That That” song is about?

  ．．．ｄｏ　ｙｏｕ　ｇｅｔ　ｉｔ？

• Bill Buffer says:
  

  Buffalo is a verb in N.Am English, meaning intimidate or baffle

• Richard Murray says:
  

  Buffalo is not a verb.

• Richard Murray says:
  

  The owner of the Sand and Anderton pub told the signwriter that he had made a mistake in the new sign. He said, “the gaps between the “and” and “and” and “and” and “And” are not the same size.”

• Kori k Swaringen says:
  

  i agree that that that that that that that that can be used in a sentence 8 times it makes sense!!

• John Allen says:
  

  Actually, the word ‘that’ can be repeated eight times in a sentence. As in:

  Is, considering all that, that that that that that that that refers to?

  As an additional comment, if you want to use ‘that’ seven times in a sentence, perhaps it’s easier to understand as a question than a statement. As in:

  Is that that that that that that that refers to?

  As you can see, adding the eighth ‘that’ is simply an expansion of this question. I think it works.

  Thanks for checking and posting this.

  John Allen

• daisy says:
  

  the one about had was on the radio

• Holden says:
  

  Actually, Els, Buffalo can be repeated an infinite number of times, and it has been proven to do so.

• els says:
  

  Buffalo – can be repeated 8 times.
  “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

• ESL Blogs says:
  

  Nice one Sha :)))

• Sha Beans says:
  

  In the English exam, John, where James had had ‘had’, had had ‘had had’. ‘Had had’ had had the examiner’s approval.

• princess says:
  

  Hey i want this watch but but i cant but its ok but ……..

• Issy says:
  

  Can I try this? “I know that you know that I know that you know that I know that you know that I know”.

• Kevin says:
  

  It remains true for all that that that that that that that that strongly refers to is wrong.

• Eva says:
  

  I tell my students to say “He also arrived at 13.58” in a different way. The answer is, of course, “He came at two to two, too”.

• Catherine says:
  

  I agree with you that It remains true for all that that that that that that that refers to is not the same that that that that refers to.

• winnie0706 says:
  

  the last sentence is too hard to understand.but i think subject in sentence remain meaning.