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"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." Is the longest grammatically correct sentence in English. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff

• airstrike 3y ago
  I love that the article has a diagram with Buffalo from Rochester, NY too LOL
• nyc_data_geek1 3y ago
  It's the longest grammatically correct sentence composed entirely of one repeating word.
• jerbear4328 3y ago
  That sentence isn't the longest valid English sentence, for example, this sentence is longer. In fact, as that Wikipedia article says, you can extend that sentence as well: > Thomas Tymoczko has pointed out that there is nothing special about eight "buffalos"; any sentence consisting solely of the word "buffalo" repeated any number of times is grammatically correct. Anyone who wants to go down that rabbit hole, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_linguistic_example_sentences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_linguistic_example_sen...
  • jprete 3y ago
    I never herd that before, thanks.
    • tempodox 3y ago
      Not everyone is made for herding buffalo.