There should be a comma after the two hads

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1. [James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_while_John_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_a_better_effect_on_the_teacher).

2. For some reason, these types of sentences always make me giggle.

3. Capitalisation is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

4. *chefs kiss*

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6. It’s so similar to American; it’s astounding.

7. George Orwell would have a pamphlet or two to write about this.

   “despite his faith, he died”

8. It’s he had had had not he had had had had

9. There should not be a comma anywhere in the sentence.

10. I think the second pair of ‘hads’ can be combined. The first two make sense because you are describing a faith previously possessed (and presumably lost). The second pair are still just saying that this didn’t change his life, so one ‘had’ is enough.

11. The publican at the pig and whistle wants his pub sign changed, the sign writer asks what change do you want? “can you just make the space wider between and and and and and and whistle?”

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13. John, where Peter had had ‘had’, had had ‘had had’; had ‘had had’ been correct?

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15. James, while John had had had, had had had had. Had had had had a better effect on the teacher.

16. All the faith he had had had had had had had had had had had had no effect on the outcome of his life

17. The spaces between fish and and and and and chips are the equal

18. What a beautiful sentence!

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