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Is It or Is It Not ? (Posted on 2003-07-27) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Punctuate the following so it makes sense:

"That that is is that that is not is not is that it that is it."

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Solution Nice Problem Comment 15 of 15 |

The answer is:
"That that is, is; that that is not, is not; is that it? That is it."

Readers may also wish to refer to the following locations:

http://www.creativepuzzels.nl/spel/speel1/speel2/punct-2.htm

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/2/messages/246.html

http://www.dim.com/~randl/deconstruct.htm

http://forums.hbcuconnect.com/lyricist-lounge/5282-how-true-very-short-simple-peice-wisdom.html

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000262.html

Nice Problem.

 

Edited on March 20, 2007, 5:10 am
  Posted by K Sengupta on 2007-03-20 05:08:31

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