What are some groups of 3 words or more that can be combined in any order to create valid sentences?

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I was wondering about groups of words which can be combined in any order such that they always make valid sentences. I can think of groups with 2 words, but not groups with 3 words or more. For example, the small group with the words (you, were) can make the sentences “You were.” and “Were you?”. I might think to add the word “there” to the group since it works for “There you were.” and “Were you there?”, but it doesn’t work if it’s in the middle like “You there were.”. Are there any groups of words (non slang words) larger than 2 that can be combined in any order to make valid sentences?

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Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo

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See you there.
See there, you!
You there, see?
You, see there.
There, you see?
There see you.
So close.

Look there, you.
Look you, there.
You there, look.
You look there.
There you look.
There, look you.

Pretty close, though some of the constructions are rather old fashioned. The last one is a bit questionable, I admit.

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Throw in a comma and it’s a valid statement in poker.

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Or hide-and-seek.

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Hide and seek.
Seek and hide.
And seek hide.
And hide seek.
Seek hide and.
Hide seek and.

I’m not seeing it.

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I was wondering: who watches the watchmen? Who, as it were, polices the police?

Police police police.

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Don’t stop now.
Don’t, now stop.
Now, don’t stop.
Now stop…don’t!
Stop now, don’t!
Stop… don’t… now!

Last one’s a bit shaky.

Fish rose here
Fish here, Rose
Here fish rose
Here, Rose, fish!
Rose, fish here
Rose, here - fish!

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Mark, pat Chase.

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Three names that are also verbs. Nice. Probably works with any 3 verb names?
Chuck Josh, Lance.
Chuck Lance, Josh.
Lance Chuck, Josh.
Lance Josh, Chuck.
Josh Chuck, Lance.
Josh Lance, Chuck.

Yeah, so long as the verb is a thing you can do to a person:

  • Bill
  • Buzz (e.g. in an airplane)
  • Candy (e.g. cook in sugar. Gruesome, but syntactically correct.)
  • Chase
  • Chuck
  • Flip
  • Harry (harass)
  • Hector
  • Jack
  • Josh
  • Lance
  • Mark
  • Mike
  • Nick
  • Pat
  • Pierce
  • Rob
  • Skip
  • Stew (eww)
  • Sue
  • Tip
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Perfectly valid command from the skip to the sweepers in curling, on a close shot, telling them to stop sweeping, hold off, and now sweep hard!

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Not where I went with that at all.

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The more common phrase is:

“Hurry! Hurry hard!!”

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That would be three consecutive one-word imperatives, not a single sentence.

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Has that verb ever been used except with buffalo on either side or the movie of the same name?

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“Buffalo Bill? I hardly know him!”

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ChatGPT to the recue!

Me: Can you think of three words that, when combined in any permutation, still produce a valid sentence?

ChatGPT: Certainly! Here are three words that, when combined in any permutation, can produce valid sentences:

“The”
“cat”
“sat”
Permutations:

The cat sat.
The sat cat.
Cat the sat.
Cat sat the.
Sat the cat.
Sat cat the.
These combinations can create simple and grammatically correct sentences, regardless of the order in which they appear.

Me: That’s not right, is it?

ChatGPT: You’re right, and I apologize for the errors. The words I provided earlier do not form valid sentences in all permutations. Here, however, are three words that, when combined in any order, can create valid sentences:

  1. “I”
  2. “ate”
  3. “an”

Valid sentence permutations:

  • I ate an.
  • I an ate.
  • Ate I an.
  • Ate an I.
  • An I ate.
  • An ate I.

With these three words, you can form valid sentences regardless of the word order. Once again, I apologize for the previous incorrect responses, and I appreciate your patience.

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Hate(s) Trump(s) Love(s)

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Eww, that smell.

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This is just the latest instance of my unavoidable urge to buffalo my fellow dopers.