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Trivia Question
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Which chess player's obituary includes the following sentence?
"Jones where Brown had had had had had had had had had had had the master’s approval"
Which chess player's obituary includes the following sentence?
"Jones where Brown had had had had had had had had had had had the master’s approval"
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oh boy that's a tough one. Can't even guess. Is that sentence grammatically correct?
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I think the point of its inclusion is that it actually *is*?
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It's not grammatically correct as written, because it needs punctuation. There is at least one way to punctuate it to make a grammatically correct sentence:
""Jones, where Brown had had 'had', had had 'had had'; 'had had' had had the master’s approval."
""Jones, where Brown had had 'had', had had 'had had'; 'had had' had had the master’s approval."
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Having punctuated the sentence correctly what would be your interpretation of its intended meaning?IM Jack Rudd wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 3:54 pmIt's not grammatically correct as written, because it needs punctuation. There is at least one way to punctuate it to make a grammatically correct sentence:
""Jones, where Brown had had 'had', had had 'had had'; 'had had' had had the master’s approval."
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Anyway, any ideas about the player?
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I thought someone would have answered this by now. The had x11 sentence was doing the rounds when I was a schoolboy in the 1950s, except I remember it had 'examiner's' instead of 'master's'.John Upham wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 6:00 pmHaving punctuated the sentence correctly what would be your interpretation of its intended meaning?IM Jack Rudd wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 3:54 pmIt's not grammatically correct as written, because it needs punctuation. There is at least one way to punctuate it to make a grammatically correct sentence:
""Jones, where Brown had had 'had', had had 'had had'; 'had had' had had the master’s approval."
My interpretation is that Jones and Brown were examinees who had different answers to some sort of English grammar test.
I have no idea why this sentence was dragged into a chess player's obituary, let alone the identity of the player.
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I have no idea why this sentence was dragged into a chess player's obituary, let alone the identity of the player. SEEMS poor taste. may come up at an AGM if this year.
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I suspect it is time to reveal a clue...
The writer of the obituary was EGR Cordingley.
If that does not help I will reveal the year in 24 hours time.
I very much hope that this grave matter will be brought up an an AGM this year. NG does not specify which AGM merely "an AGM".
The writer of the obituary was EGR Cordingley.
If that does not help I will reveal the year in 24 hours time.
I very much hope that this grave matter will be brought up an an AGM this year. NG does not specify which AGM merely "an AGM".
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More detail for those who need itPaul Habershon wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 8:28 pm
I thought someone would have answered this by now. The had x11 sentence was doing the rounds when I was a schoolboy in the 1950s, except I remember it had 'examiner's' instead of 'master's'.
My interpretation is that Jones and Brown were examinees who had different answers to some sort of English grammar test.
I have no idea why this sentence was dragged into a chess player's obituary, let alone the identity of the player.
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Very good Mick!
May I ask how you got to that answer?
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Why Vera Menchik?
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accidental duplication
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If you visit https://britishchessnews.com/2020/06/27 ... niversary/
you'll find an obituary from EGR Cordingley (amongst others). EGRC used this phrase about VM.
I'm assuming that is where Mick found the reference? Maybe he could confirm?
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