Please punctuate...

[DARISC]

John while Jim had had had had had had had had had had had a better affect on the teacher

[Mo_Gearhead]

Good God men.... math questions! Punctuation tests! History! Geology!
I hated school?

Carry on.

[legion]

John, while Jim had, had had, had had, had had, had had, had had a better affect on the teacher?

[the]

That would be the correct answer if Stuttering John were the speaker.

[cgarr]

John, while Jim had had 'had had', had had 'had'; 'had had' had had a better affect on the teacher.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Not sure what response you expected to this, "however....please allow me to retort!"

On the subject of grammar and punctuation; I am no expert BUT there are a few things I read here and all over the place that DRIVE ME CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In no particular order:

The indiscriminate subsitution of "then" and "than" - I've even seen this in national publications. Are you effing KIDDING me? You don't know these two words have entirely diffrent meanings? My car is faster "then" yours?

"Your" in love? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. That is supposed to be a contraction of "you are", hence you're.

I've got to repair the "breaks" on my car. Again, two entirely different words with different meaning.

And when anything is said to people that make these errors, they react as though YOU have a problem for being so uptight. Like understanding the language, having an education and using it and not being so lazy as to use poor grammar and words improperly is a flaw of character. Yikes.

Okay, I have vented now. I feel better. I think I'll take a brake now. It's all you'res. Than I'll go get a beer!

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by Mo_Gearhead

Good God men.... I hated school?

EXACTLY my point!

[Mo_Gearhead]

well i tied to inroll in kolege unce but they toold me i had to mantane a certin grade and i jus wasnt able to keep up. i can repare my porsch tho

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by cgarr

John, while Jim had had 'had had', had had 'had'; 'had had' had had a better affect on the teacher.

No cigar - oops, yes cgarr!

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

On the subject of grammar and punctuation; I am no expert BUT there are a few things I read here and all over the place that DRIVE ME CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In no particular order:

The indiscriminate subsitution of "then" and "than" - I've even seen this in national publications. Are you effing KIDDING me? You don't know these two words have entirely diffrent meanings? My car is faster "then" yours?

"Your" in love? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. That is supposed to be a contraction of "you are", hence you're.

I've got to repair the "breaks" on my car. Again, two entirely different words with different meaning.

And when anything is said to people that make these errors, they react as though YOU have a problem for being so uptight. Like understanding the language, having an education and using it and not being so lazy as to use poor grammar and words improperly is a flaw of character. Yikes.

Okay, I have vented now. I feel better. I think I'll take a brake now. It's all you'res. Than I'll go get a beer!

Ha ha! So true!

Dan - glad you're in good health and not going out to get a bier!

[the]

Originally Posted by cgarr

John, while Jim had had 'had had', had had 'had'; 'had had' had had a better affect on the teacher.

LOL, I didn't see it at first, but that helped.

I think this works slightly better and is more correctly punctuated, though.

John, while Jim had had "had," had had "had had;" "had had" had had a better affect on the teacher.

[Rick Lee]

Where's E.E. Cummings when we need him most?

[MRM]

Dan, you're a man after my own heart.

It depends on what you want the meaning to be, but here's my attempt:

John, while Jim had, had had, had had, had had, had had, had had, a better affect on the teacher.

I think I came up with the same solution as Legion. Who's E. E. Cummings?

[Rot 911]

Wouldn't it be "effect" and not "affect?"

[DARISC]

John, while Jim had had “had”, had had “had had”. “Had had” had had a better affect on the teacher.

[Dottore]

Originally Posted by Kurt V

Wouldn't it be "effect" and not "affect?"

Yes.

[legion]

Originally Posted by DARISC

John, while Jim had had “had”, had had “had had”. “Had had” had had a better affect on the teacher.

I am unable to make sense of that sentence.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by DARISC

John, while Jim had had “had”, had had “had had”. “Had had” had had a better affect on the teacher.

I think it works, although I could be had, had.

[sammyg2]

I dunno, sounds like your askin us to make that sentence make sence if thats the case than you gotta give me a hint er 2 Otherwise Im gonna beat my haid on the wall until it brakes

[the]

John, while Jim had had “had”, had had “had had”. “Had had” had had a better affect on the teacher.

Originally Posted by legion

I am unable to make sense of that sentence.

Roughly:

On a test, Jim had answered "had."

John had answered "had had," which was the answer the teacher liked better.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by MRM

Dan, you're a man after my own heart.

Thank you, thank you

Originally Posted by MRM

Who's E. E. Cummings?

Famous poet. I know "Jack" about poets but I know it is never written like that. He insisted it be written "e.e. cumming" Friggin poets!