They don't make sense but they do..

[Stella_Omega]

Crazy sentences that are actually grammatical

Some of them are a real reach-- but fun!

 

[slyc_willie]

Reminds me of a famous bit of German grammar:

A man walks into a store. "Morgen!" (good morning)

"Morgen!" replies the store owner.

The man looks questioningly at the store owner. "Morgen?" (did it come today?)

The store owner shakes his head. "Morgen." (no, tomorrow)

The man nods. "Ah. Morgen." (good morning, as in, "good-bye")

"Morgen," replies the store owner.

 

[Handley_Page]

Crazy sentences that are actually grammatical

Some of them are a real reach-- but fun!

I'd never heard of 'Buffalo' (apart from "Shuffle off to . . .") except as an animal.

 

[damppanties]

Ack. 4 and 5 killed me.

 

[R. Richard]

"The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families."
I believe that the above is neither grammatical nor sane.

"The complex houses married or single soldiers and their families."

 

[damppanties]

"The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families."
I believe that the above is neither grammatical nor sane.

"The complex houses married or single soldiers and their families."

Well, the complex houses [both] married [soldiers] and single soldiers and their families. The words in parentheses aren't necessary.

 

[Ironiclaconic]

I'd never heard of 'Buffalo' (apart from "Shuffle off to . . .") except as an animal.

The buffalo one is famous in linguistics.

Buffalo = the animal

Buffalo buffalo = an animal hailing from Buffalo NY

Buffalo = a slang verb meaning "to fool"

English allows for noun-verb combinations as modifiers to a noun ("movies I like..."). This is important as you can use infinite regress ("movies I like you like...")

So you can form an infinite, grammatically logical sentence consisting of nothing but the word Buffalo, telling a story of animals from New York who con other animals from New York, who themselves con...