Posted by R. Edin Brow, Assistant Professor in English, DCE
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English Mania - The Power of Seven
R. Edin Brow
Assistant Professor in English
Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering
The following sentence contains 7
identical words in a row and still makes sense:
"It is true for all that
that that that that that that refers to is not the same that that that that
refers to."
(= It is true for all that, that
that "that" which that "that" refers to is not the same
"that" which that "that" refers to.)
It
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is
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true
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for
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all
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that
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that
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that
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that
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that
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that
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that
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pronoun
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conjunction
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determiner
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noun
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relative pronoun
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determiner
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noun
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|||||
(adjective)
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"that"
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which
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(adjective)
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"that"
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refers
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to
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is
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not
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the
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same
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that
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that
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that
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that
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refers
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to.
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noun
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relative pronoun
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determiner
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noun
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"that"
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which
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(adjective)
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"that"
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A sentence with a similar pattern, which may help to unravel the above, is:
It
is true, despite everything you say, that this word which this word refers to
is not the same word which this word refers to.
Or, if you
insist on being really correct:
It
is true, despite everything you say, that this word to which this word refers
is not the same word to which this word refers.
Enrich Your Vocabulary:
1. Mania : an excessive enthusiasm or desire; an obsession.
2. Identical : similar in every detail; exactly alike.
3. Unravel: investigate and solve or explain (something complicated or puzzling).
"They were attempting to unravel the cause of death."
4. Determiner: a modifying word that determines the kind of reference a noun or noun group has, for example: a, the, every.
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