Off Topic for the english teacher

[Seafront Plodder]

Originally posted by Seafront Plodder
Ok, assume you are an english teacher , and you have two pupils, Tom and Bill.

Now when constructing the sentence "I had a lot to eat", it could also be written as ...."I had had a lot to eat", depending on the context.

So, assume Tom had used 'had' in his sentence, and Bill had used 'had had' in his, the teacher may wish to offer an opinion as to which version had had his/her approval.

So....

Tom, when Bill had had had, had had had had. Had had, had had the teacher's approval!

Ok, so it's two sentences. Or I suppose you could get away with a colon in there.