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Punctuation quiz

貼文者: jchthys, 2009年3月25日

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語言: English

jchthys (顯示個人資料) 2009年3月25日下午7:06:34

Put the correct punctuation in the following sentence:
“Jim where Bill had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.”

tommjames (顯示個人資料) 2009年3月25日下午8:35:42

Jim, where Bill had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher. lango.gif

Here's another one, add punctuation, or extra words to make sense out of the following sentence: (the sentence is actually already gramatically correct!)

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

furrykef (顯示個人資料) 2009年3月26日上午1:28:36

tommjames:Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Buffalo from Buffalo that are buffaloed by other buffalo from Buffalo in turn buffalo other buffalo from Buffalo.

(I'll admit it... I knew this one already. okulumo.gif)

henma (顯示個人資料) 2009年3月26日上午1:44:55

furrykef:
tommjames:Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Buffalo from Buffalo that are buffaloed by other buffalo from Buffalo in turn buffalo other buffalo from Buffalo.

(I'll admit it... I knew this one already. okulumo.gif)
Ok, ok... I admit it... I already need another couple of years studying English malgajo.gif

Amike okulumo.gif,

Daniel

tommjames (顯示個人資料) 2009年3月26日上午10:19:43

henma:
furrykef:
tommjames:Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Buffalo from Buffalo that are buffaloed by other buffalo from Buffalo in turn buffalo other buffalo from Buffalo.

(I'll admit it... I knew this one already. okulumo.gif)
Ok, ok... I admit it... I already need another couple of years studying English malgajo.gif

Amike okulumo.gif,

Daniel
It probably helps to see the sentence in Esperanto:

Bubalaj bubaloj, kiujn Bubalaj bubaloj bubalas, bubalas Bubalajn bubalojn.

jchthys (顯示個人資料) 2009年3月26日下午1:55:49

tommjames:Jim, where Bill had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher. lango.gif

Here's another one, add punctuation, or extra words to make sense out of the following sentence: (the sentence is actually already gramatically correct!)

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
I love that one! Yes, it does make it easier to put it in Esperanto. (When I saw it a few months ago--before I started learning Esperanto--I didn't understand it until I saw the English diagram.)

Rogir (顯示個人資料) 2009年3月26日下午2:43:41

And once again a victory for grammatical endings!

henma (顯示個人資料) 2009年3月26日下午3:15:09

tommjames:
henma:Ok, ok... I admit it... I already need another couple of years studying English malgajo.gif
It probably helps to see the sentence in Esperanto:

Bubalaj bubaloj, kiujn Bubalaj bubaloj bubalas, bubalas Bubalajn bubalojn.
Ho, thanks... that explains everything okulumo.gif.

Amike,

Daniel.

darkweasel (顯示個人資料) 2009年3月26日下午6:23:44

furrykef:
tommjames:Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Buffalo from Buffalo that are buffaloed by other buffalo from Buffalo in turn buffalo other buffalo from Buffalo.

(I'll admit it... I knew this one already. okulumo.gif)
Me too. Though, the translation is more like:
Buffalo from Buffalo whom Buffalo from Buffalo buffalo, buffalo buffalo from Buffalo. (Since that's not a passive!)

There are others in other languages too!

German: "Wenn hinter Fliegen fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen hinter Fliegen" (When flies fly behind flies, flies fly behind flies).
Spanish: "¿Cómo como? ¡Como como como!" (I'm not sure where to put the accents) = How do I eat? I eat the way I eat!
Ok, I got the second one from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffa... lango.gif But I knew the German one even before I read that article. (After all, it's my first language...)

henma (顯示個人資料) 2009年3月27日上午4:26:08

darkweasel:German: "Wenn hinter Fliegen fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen hinter Fliegen" (When flies fly behind flies, flies fly behind flies).
I think one of those should be in upper case, shouldn't it? Because one of those is a noun. I think the first one, because, if I remember well, when "Wenn" is used, the verb goes to the end (ok, ok,... half the time the verb goes to the end, doesn't it?) rideto.gif

darkweasel:Spanish: "¿Cómo como? ¡Como como como!" (I'm not sure where to put the accents) = How do I eat? I eat the way I eat!
You put the accents perfectly. The only one with an accent (written) is the first one, which can be replaced in English by "how" or in Esperanto by "kiel". "Como" meaning "I eat" and "como" meaning "as/like" don't have accent (written acute accent).

Amike,

Daniel.

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