Guest Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 How many times can you use the word 'and' consecutively in a sentence and yet it still makes sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 its 5 times for example "She had to choose from the following options: 'both... and' and 'and' and 'and/or'." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fabpig Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 "and and and" and "and and and and" should not be allowed in the same sentence! (A-n-d Infinitum) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Thats not the route I was thinking and I'm not sure how to change my question eliminate your response Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fabpig Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Thats not the route I was thinking and I'm not sure how to change my question eliminate your response I appreciate that's not what you meant. Just being facetious (and getting it in before anybody else did ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I appreciate that's not what you meant. Just being facetious (and getting it in before anybody else did ) Understood Well as I am going off line now here's the answer Imagine a shop owner has a new signed designed for his loving premises: The sign reads Jones and son. But the owner is not happy and complains by saying: 'The gaps/spaces between 'Jones' and 'and' and 'and' and Son are too big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) Understood Well as I am going off line now here's the answer Imagine a shop owner has a new signed designed for his loving premises: The sign reads Jones and son. But the owner is not happy and complains by saying: 'The gaps/spaces between 'Jones' and 'and' and 'and' and Son are too big what if Jones' name was Brand? 'The gaps/spaces between 'Brand' and 'and' and 'and' and Son are too big.' edit - ooh and his son was named Andy. 'The gaps/spaces between 'Brand' and 'and' and 'and' and Andy are too big Edited April 20, 2011 by maurice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 The word "and" is a conjunction to indicate connection or addition. It can also be a noun that identifies the linquistic unit represented as "and". For example, in the following sentence the first, third and fourth 'and' are nouns: "The conjunction and and the noun and are two ways the word and can be used." As fabpig demonstrated in his post, if one uses "and" as a noun one can create a sentence with a large number -- what I shall call an almost indefinite number -- of ands. The question arises, is it possible to create a sentence with multiple word ands in a row (not just the sequence of letters, maurice) without resorting to using "and" as a noun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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How many times can you use the word 'and' consecutively in a sentence and yet it still makes sense?
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