Can you use “the” twice in a sentence? [on hold]
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Breaking the hearts of the competition
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Breaking the hearts of our competition
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Yes, you can. In the English language, there is no limit on how many words you can use in a sentence as long as the sentence stays grammatical and makes sense.
– Mike R
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@MikeR What would be the proof of that? Do you know of a sequence in which every element is a single sentence and such that their number of words is not bounded? Not attempting to prove you wrong, I just got interested about the claim that you made, but don't have yet an actual proof.
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@MikeR Nevermind, I just found one. Listing the numbers.
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@mama There are all kinds of grammatical sentences that contain infinite words. "If I wanted to say a word an infinite number of times, I would say a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a...."; "I love my dog and my dog loves me and I love my dog and my dog loves me and..."; "The universe is a great place; it's got aardvarks and aardwolves and Aargau and Aaron and AARP and..."
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Breaking the hearts of the competition
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Breaking the hearts of our competition
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Breaking the hearts of the competition
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Breaking the hearts of our competition
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Yes, you can. In the English language, there is no limit on how many words you can use in a sentence as long as the sentence stays grammatical and makes sense.
– Mike R
yesterday
@MikeR What would be the proof of that? Do you know of a sequence in which every element is a single sentence and such that their number of words is not bounded? Not attempting to prove you wrong, I just got interested about the claim that you made, but don't have yet an actual proof.
– mama
yesterday
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@MikeR Nevermind, I just found one. Listing the numbers.
– mama
yesterday
@mama There are all kinds of grammatical sentences that contain infinite words. "If I wanted to say a word an infinite number of times, I would say a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a...."; "I love my dog and my dog loves me and I love my dog and my dog loves me and..."; "The universe is a great place; it's got aardvarks and aardwolves and Aargau and Aaron and AARP and..."
– Juhasz
yesterday
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Yes, you can. In the English language, there is no limit on how many words you can use in a sentence as long as the sentence stays grammatical and makes sense.
– Mike R
yesterday
@MikeR What would be the proof of that? Do you know of a sequence in which every element is a single sentence and such that their number of words is not bounded? Not attempting to prove you wrong, I just got interested about the claim that you made, but don't have yet an actual proof.
– mama
yesterday
1
@MikeR Nevermind, I just found one. Listing the numbers.
– mama
yesterday
@mama There are all kinds of grammatical sentences that contain infinite words. "If I wanted to say a word an infinite number of times, I would say a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a...."; "I love my dog and my dog loves me and I love my dog and my dog loves me and..."; "The universe is a great place; it's got aardvarks and aardwolves and Aargau and Aaron and AARP and..."
– Juhasz
yesterday
Yes, you can. In the English language, there is no limit on how many words you can use in a sentence as long as the sentence stays grammatical and makes sense.
– Mike R
yesterday
Yes, you can. In the English language, there is no limit on how many words you can use in a sentence as long as the sentence stays grammatical and makes sense.
– Mike R
yesterday
@MikeR What would be the proof of that? Do you know of a sequence in which every element is a single sentence and such that their number of words is not bounded? Not attempting to prove you wrong, I just got interested about the claim that you made, but don't have yet an actual proof.
– mama
yesterday
@MikeR What would be the proof of that? Do you know of a sequence in which every element is a single sentence and such that their number of words is not bounded? Not attempting to prove you wrong, I just got interested about the claim that you made, but don't have yet an actual proof.
– mama
yesterday
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1
@MikeR Nevermind, I just found one. Listing the numbers.
– mama
yesterday
@MikeR Nevermind, I just found one. Listing the numbers.
– mama
yesterday
@mama There are all kinds of grammatical sentences that contain infinite words. "If I wanted to say a word an infinite number of times, I would say a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a...."; "I love my dog and my dog loves me and I love my dog and my dog loves me and..."; "The universe is a great place; it's got aardvarks and aardwolves and Aargau and Aaron and AARP and..."
– Juhasz
yesterday
@mama There are all kinds of grammatical sentences that contain infinite words. "If I wanted to say a word an infinite number of times, I would say a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a...."; "I love my dog and my dog loves me and I love my dog and my dog loves me and..."; "The universe is a great place; it's got aardvarks and aardwolves and Aargau and Aaron and AARP and..."
– Juhasz
yesterday
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Yes, easily. "I took the #2 bus to the bus station for a quick ride to the train station for a trip to the zoo on the other side of the city I live in."
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And then there's the old favorite yard sign:
Beware of the
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Yes, easily. "I took the #2 bus to the bus station for a quick ride to the train station for a trip to the zoo on the other side of the city I live in."
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Yes, easily. "I took the #2 bus to the bus station for a quick ride to the train station for a trip to the zoo on the other side of the city I live in."
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Yes, easily. "I took the #2 bus to the bus station for a quick ride to the train station for a trip to the zoo on the other side of the city I live in."
Yes, easily. "I took the #2 bus to the bus station for a quick ride to the train station for a trip to the zoo on the other side of the city I live in."
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And then there's the old favorite yard sign:
Beware of the
the dog
Glad to see this was appreciated!
– Hot Licks
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And then there's the old favorite yard sign:
Beware of the
the dog
Glad to see this was appreciated!
– Hot Licks
yesterday
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And then there's the old favorite yard sign:
Beware of the
the dog
And then there's the old favorite yard sign:
Beware of the
the dog
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Glad to see this was appreciated!
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Glad to see this was appreciated!
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Glad to see this was appreciated!
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Glad to see this was appreciated!
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Yes, you can. In the English language, there is no limit on how many words you can use in a sentence as long as the sentence stays grammatical and makes sense.
– Mike R
yesterday
@MikeR What would be the proof of that? Do you know of a sequence in which every element is a single sentence and such that their number of words is not bounded? Not attempting to prove you wrong, I just got interested about the claim that you made, but don't have yet an actual proof.
– mama
yesterday
1
@MikeR Nevermind, I just found one. Listing the numbers.
– mama
yesterday
@mama There are all kinds of grammatical sentences that contain infinite words. "If I wanted to say a word an infinite number of times, I would say a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a...."; "I love my dog and my dog loves me and I love my dog and my dog loves me and..."; "The universe is a great place; it's got aardvarks and aardwolves and Aargau and Aaron and AARP and..."
– Juhasz
yesterday