How many times can you use "and" in a sentence?
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Don Phillipson
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> In english, how many times can you use "and" in a sentence?
No rules of English grammar limit the number of times any
word may be repeated in a sentence. The desirability of many
repeated "ands" is a matter of style -- thus may be approached
in various ways (e.g. by punctuation, by alltering the order of
clauses, and so on.)
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Don Phillipson
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musika
> In english, how many times can you use "and" in a sentence?
"Jones and Son".
His client complained, "There is not enough space between Jones and and and
and and Son".
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Ray
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Mike M
Although for clarity perhaps one should write that as:
'There is not enough space between "Jones" and "and", and "and" and
"Son"'.
Otherwise one might be confused by the juxtaposition of "and and" and
"and" and "and" and "and and".
Mike M
musika
And?
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Ray
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jerry_f...@yahoo.com
> In english, how many times can you use "and" in a sentence?
See the end of /Ulysses/, by James Joyce, for a sentence with many
"and"s.
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Fred
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Seventeen.
R H Draney
But then neither of us is George Washington...I seem to remember some endless
sentence in one of his inaugural addresses....r
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> > In english, how many times can you use "and" in a sentence?
> Seventeen.
42.
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Mike M
> "Uri":
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> > > In english, how many times can you use "and" in a sentence?
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> "Fred":
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> > Seventeen.
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> 42.
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And there are 136 protest singers. Either that or 142.
Mike M
Bohgosity BumaskiL
to repetition is strong. I don't think there's any jenerally accepted
limit, though. To most people it's a matter of style that they'd
rather see a lot of short choppy sentences than one long one full of
conjoined consequences. Five seems reasonable, and that's an
arbitration on my part.
Bohgosity BumaskiL
The problem is that it's how kids in Grade one and two sometimes talk,
and I don't really know a diplomatic way to go about introducing
variations in style other than having those kids read variations in
style. The best feedback should encourage what you want, so you could
write a few variations, of their own text, as an example.
MyUsefu...@googlemail.com
> In english, how many times can you use "and" in a sentence?
It was red and yellow and green and brown and scarlet and black and
ochre and peachand ruby and olive and violet and fawn and lilac and
gold and chocolate and mauve and cream and crimson and silver and rose
and azure and lemon and russet and grey and purple and white and pink
and orange and red and yellow and green and brown and blue.
MyUsefu...@googlemail.com
And sadly only 102 protest songs.
R H Draney
R H Draney
You wouldn't have thought that would trigger STS, but:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcaP8oKQEV0
Chuck Riggs
>"Uri":
>> > In english, how many times can you use "and" in a sentence?
>
>"Fred":
>> Seventeen.
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>42.
57.
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Chuck Riggs
Near Dublin, Ireland
R H Draney
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>On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:13:49 -0500, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
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>>"Uri":
>>> > In english, how many times can you use "and" in a sentence?
>>
>>"Fred":
>>> Seventeen.
>>
>>42.
>
>57.
Conversely, you can only use "unless" or "except" once per sentence, and you
can't use them both....r
MyUsefu...@googlemail.com
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> >On Oct 29, 1:52=A0pm, uri <darkmatte...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> In english, how many times can you use "and" in a sentence?
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> >It was red and yellow and green and brown and scarlet and black and
> >ochre and peachand ruby and olive and violet and fawn and lilac and
> >gold and chocolate and mauve and cream and crimson and silver and rose
> >and azure and lemon and russet and grey and purple and white and pink
> >and orange and red and yellow and green and brown and blue.
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> You wouldn't have thought that would trigger STS, but:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcaP8oKQEV0
You owe me a new brain.
Ian Noble
I find that last sentence even more confusing. I'm finding myself
confused by the extra juxtapositioning of '"and and"' and 'and' and
'and' and '"and"' and '"and"' and 'and' and 'and' and '"and"' and
'"and"' and 'and' and 'and' and '"and and"'.
One can, of course, continue that process indefinitely. You won't be
surprised to learn that I'm also having trouble reading my own
sentence, above. I won't bore people by spelling out the blatantly
obvious and somewhat lengthy detaills of my difficulties (let alone
the problems that those difficulties themselves then pose).
Cheers - Ian
R H Draney
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>On Oct 30, 4:01=A0pm, R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net> wrote:
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>> >On Oct 29, 1:52=3DA0pm, uri <darkmatte...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >> In english, how many times can you use "and" in a sentence?
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>> >It was red and yellow and green and brown and scarlet and black and
>> >ochre and peachand ruby and olive and violet and fawn and lilac and
>> >gold and chocolate and mauve and cream and crimson and silver and rose
>> >and azure and lemon and russet and grey and purple and white and pink
>> >and orange and red and yellow and green and brown and blue.
>>
>> You wouldn't have thought that would trigger STS, but:
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>You owe me a new brain.
Be glad I didn't link to the full version, with a special verse for people who
had black-and-white TV sets....r
Chuck Riggs
wrote:
>Chuck Riggs filted:
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>>On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:13:49 -0500, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
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>>>"Uri":
>>>> > In english, how many times can you use "and" in a sentence?
>>>
>>>"Fred":
>>>> Seventeen.
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>>>42.
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>>57.
>
>Conversely, you can only use "unless" or "except" once per sentence, and you
>can't use them both....r
Damn. Ten minutes trying to solve that puzzle just now got me nowhere.
CDB
> On 30 Oct 2008 11:58:02 -0700, R H Draney wrote:
>> Chuck Riggs filted:
>>>> "Uri":
>>>>>> In english, how many times can you use "and" in a sentence?
>>>> "Fred":
>>>>> Seventeen.
>>>> 42.
>>> 57.
>> Conversely, you can only use "unless" or "except" once per
>> sentence, and you can't use them both....r
> Damn. Ten minutes trying to solve that puzzle just now got me
> nowhere.
The proposition may not be true, unless you except the word "less",
which could be considered an unless form of "unless". Come on, folks,
most of you can do better than this.
R H Draney
No puzzle...see "use, mention, difference between"....r
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Mike Lyle
> Chuck Riggs <chr...@eircom.net> writes:
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>> On 30 Oct 2008 11:58:02 -0700, R H Draney <dado...@spamcop.net>
>> wrote:
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>>> Conversely, you can only use "unless" or "except" once per sentence,
>>> and you can't use them both....r
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>> Damn. Ten minutes trying to solve that puzzle just now got me
>> nowhere.
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> Was it a puzzle? Except when posting in AUE, unless I was sure that
> it was allowed (and even then not unless I had actually seen someone
> do it), I wouldn't break that rule.
No adults except staff admitted unless accompanied by a child, except on
adults-only evenings, unless with the prior agreement of the play
supervisor.
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R H Draney
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>No adults except staff admitted unless accompanied by a child, except on
>adults-only evenings, unless with the prior agreement of the play
>supervisor.
Wouldn't it be easier to simply weld the doors shut, and perhaps post an
alligator or two?...r
Mike M
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> >On Oct 30, 11:15=A0am, Mike M <mikmoo...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> On 30 Oct, 07:13, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
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> >> > "Uri":
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> >> > > > In english, how many times can you use "and" in a sentence?
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> >> > "Fred":
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> >> > > Seventeen.
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> >> > 42.
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> >> And there are 136 protest singers. Either that or 142.
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> >And sadly only 102 protest songs.
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> But thirteen hundred fifty-two guitar pickers in Nashville....r
>
Unfortunately, the number of ants on a Tennessee anthill has not been
conclusively established; hence we cannot say with any certainty how
many notes those pickers can pick.
Mike M