The meaning of "is"

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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If what the meaning of “is” is is “is,” is “is,” then, completely meaningless?

-FrL-

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It is.

But only if you don’t inhale.

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What is it?

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It was.

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I don’t know. Is it?

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John where James had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.

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Error parsing English. ‘"’ Expected. OP Line 1.

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So, if “means” means “means”, “means” means nothing?

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Or, correctly punctuated:

John, where James had had “had”, had had “had had”. “Had had” had had a better effect on the teacher.

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I left that as an exercise for the reader!

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…oh no I’ve gone cross-eyed. [/Austin Powers]

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That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is

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In that case, should there be a comma between and and and and and and and?

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Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

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Pancakes.

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Yes.

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Post Quick Reply:

A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

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place.

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I remember the joy I found when looking up ‘the’ in the Oxford English dictionary. ‘The’ definition went on for pages and pages.

This will lead me to create a dictionary thread posthaste.

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I think you need commas between and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and.