Same word used consecutivley in a sentence

[johnny37]

What is most times the same word can be used consecutively in a sentence? I remember it is something like 'If had had had had had had..............'. There may be others

[sir.prize]

Punctuate this . . . . "James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher."

Answer: James, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.

[Quizmonster]

There's always the manager of Crosse & Blackwell's factory who had the company's signboard repainted. When the decorator reported that he's finished, the manager went out to have a look at his work. "Oh, no," he said, "you haven't left enough space between 'Crosse' and 'and' and 'and' and 'Blackwell'!"

[nightmare]

quizmonster
Surely you have encountered the somewhat contrived extension, regarding the sign of a company called Holland and Anderson Ltd., in which case, the "and" at the end of Holland and the "And" at the beginning of Anderson can be utilised to give a sentence in which the three letters AND are used thirteen times consecutively ?

[Theland]

"What's the matter with the cat?"

It's its paw."

[johnny37]

Thanks for the replies. Sir prize, is the first paragraph without the punctuation a valid sentence? In the punctuated version should there be a fullstop after the seventh 'had'.

[Quizmonster]

No, I've never seen that version, Nightmare, and it is, as you say, contrived. The letters a, n and d at the end of Holland and at the start of Anderson are not, in fact 'words', as stipulated by the questioner.

Johnny, a full stop is not essential there...the semi-colon, as provided by Sir.prize, is quite adequate.