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The horse raced past the barn fell.
2010-07-09, 9:04 AM #1
I found this link somewhere and found it amusing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_path_sentence
2010-07-09, 9:36 AM #2
That's really neat! Thanks for sharing! :)
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2010-07-09, 9:54 AM #3
Wow these are awesome:

The old man the boat.
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2010-07-09, 10:01 AM #4
I'm going to use these just to piss off grammar nazis
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2010-07-09, 10:04 AM #5
Yeah I liked the old man boat one, too.
2010-07-09, 10:21 AM #6
It's especially good because you read it and can't think it could ever be correct.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2010-07-09, 10:41 AM #7
We should write a whole novel with sentences like that.
2010-07-09, 10:49 AM #8
We should write a whole novel sentences like.

Like that?
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2010-07-09, 10:56 AM #9
I get them all but I still can't see the correct meaning of "The horse raced past the barn fell."

:(
2010-07-09, 11:01 AM #10
The horse, (which was) raced past the barn, fell.
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2010-07-09, 11:03 AM #11
While I still like the concept, I think most of the examples rely on some awkward wording (or lack thereof). "The old man the boat" is probably the best example that avoids that.
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2010-07-09, 11:26 AM #12
My brain now looks like a deflated beach ball.
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2010-07-09, 11:27 AM #13
*takes a picture*
2010-07-09, 11:41 AM #14
Woh, the MadQuack posted! Shall he stay around this time, or will he disappear into the ether again?
2010-07-09, 11:42 AM #15
Originally posted by zanardi:
We should write a whole novel sentences like.

Like that?


I was ready to tell you that made no sense, but then I realized it means the same as "We should write a whole novel liked by sentences." Well played, zanardi.
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2010-07-09, 11:43 AM #16
I don't like the ones that are just sentences without commas. That seems just like the author being a dick and trying to confuse you.

The old man the boat, however, is awesome.
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2010-07-09, 2:35 PM #17
Isn't this the whole reason English has adjectives in front of the nouns instead of behind them like the romance languages?

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
2010-07-09, 3:00 PM #18
fire walk with me
2010-07-09, 3:13 PM #19
Burned.
2010-07-09, 3:27 PM #20
They rely on the passive form of words, which formal education in America heavily discourages. I had trouble taking 2nd year Latin because so many things relied on passive forms that I had always been penalized for using.
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2010-07-09, 4:07 PM #21
James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

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2010-07-09, 4:08 PM #22
oh ps that that is is that that is not is not is that it it is
2010-07-09, 4:09 PM #23
Bad examples. Those are not grammatically correct; they require punctuation. A proper example requires none.
2010-07-09, 4:10 PM #24
They are not supposed to be examples of anything, JMsworth.

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