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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • I would argue that, without the punctuation, it’s not technically correct. The references to James and John saying “had had,” at least, should be in quotes. Additionally, unless broken up with a semicolon or a period before the final four “hads,” it’s a run-on sentence.

    If you change the “hads” that mean provided/said in the context of the sentence (excluding the quoted ones), you could write it as:

    James, while John had [said] “had”, had [said] “had had”; “had had” had [provided] a better effect on the teacher.

    And though it doesn’t flow right to me to have James and his action verb split by a phrase about John, I’m not sure that’s incorrect. Phrasing it to fix the flow, for me, would be:

    While John had [said] “had”, James had [said] “had had”; “had had” had [provided] a better effect on the teacher.















  • I’m guessing you’re located in the US, based on the location of the schools. I recommend presenting your husband with statistics regarding the amount of money a single income household needs compared to what jobs meet those needs. Most jobs in this country don’t provide a livable single wage, let alone family wage, and this is only getting worse with inflation. The likelihood of your daughter finding a husband who can take care of her without her help nowadays is extremely slim. It’s possible, but to count on that is very dumb.

    Your husband sounds very out of touch.