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One Word, Seven Times (Posted on 2005-01-27) Difficulty: 5 of 5
"Dog dog dog dog dog dog dog."

While dog-lovers rejoice at the above statement, grammarians hang their heads in shame, as the statement is not a grammatically correct sentence.

Replace "dog" with a word that will satisfy the grammarians. You may not add any additional words or punctuation.

See The Solution Submitted by David Shin    
Rating: 3.5000 (4 votes)

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Some Thoughts Some Thoughts Comment 14 of 14 |

Nice puzzle.

In addition to the official solution, readers may also wish to refer to the following locations:

(i) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo

(ii) http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=buffalo

(iii) http://petebevin.com/archives/2006/07/22/buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo.html

(iv)http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/3/3-175.html

(v) http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001817.html


  Posted by K Sengupta on 2007-03-03 11:00:58
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