What's the hardest English sentence?

Jonathan Coe's novel, 'The Rotters' Club', contains a sentence of 13,955 words. This is generally considered to be the longest sentence in English literature. One of Molly Bloom's soliloquies in James Joyce's epic novel 'Ulysses' features a sentence of 4,491 words.
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What is the weirdest English sentence?

Top 10 Weird Grammatically Correct Sentences
  • One morning, I shot an elephant in my pajamas; how he got into my pajamas, I'll never know.
  • Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana. ...
  • This book is dedicated to my parents, Ayn Rand and God. ...
  • I never said she stole my money. ...
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Which is the longest sentence in English?

Molly Bloom's soliloquy in the James Joyce novel Ulysses (1922) contains a sentence of 3,687 words.
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What is the longest one word sentence?

“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” According to William Rappaport, a linguistics professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo (naturally), that — the word “Buffalo,” eight times in a row — is a legitimate, grammatically valid sentence.
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What is a hard to read sentence?

Siteimprove relates these word counts within a sentence to how difficult they are to read: Fairly difficult (Medium long sentence length): 21-25 words. Difficult (Long sentence length) : 25-30 words. Very Difficult (Very long sentence length) : 30-40 words.
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TOP 12 Most Difficult Sentences in English



Is 20 words too long for a sentence?

Appropriate Sentence Length

Try to keep the average sentence length of your document around 20–25 words. This is a good rule of thumb to convey your meaning in a balanced way and avoiding a marathon or choppy sentences. The number varies as per the field, audience, or the nature of writing.
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Is most craziest grammatically correct?

It is appalling! Hence, "the most wildest" is equally incorrect. Of course, you can use this as a joke, but it is NOT grammatically correct!
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What is the longest name?

The longest personal name is 747 characters long, and belongs to Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (b. 4 August 1914, Germany) who passed away on 24 October 1997, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA, as verified on 1 January 2021.
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Is it Buffalo or Buffaloes?

Though buffaloes and buffalos are both accepted plurals, buffaloes is the more common of the two.
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What is the longest sentence in jail?

From 1,41,078 years for fraud to 32,500 years for rape, a look at world's longest prison sentences
  • Chamoy Thipyaso, living in Thailand, is known for receiving the world's longest prison sentence. ...
  • Gabriel March Granados, a 22-year-old postman from Spain, was sentenced to 3,84,912 years in 1972.
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What word takes 3 hours to say?

You will be surprised to know that the longest word in English has 1, 89,819 letters and it will take you three and a half hours to pronounce it correctly. This is a chemical name of titin, the largest known protein.
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What's the shortest word in the world?

The shortest word is a. Some might wonder about the word I since it consists of one letter, too. In sound, a is shorter because it is a monophthong (consists of one vowel), while I is a diphthong. Both do consist of one letter in the English writing system, and in most fonts I is the narrowest letter.
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Can a sentence go on forever?

The answer is no. A sentence needs punctuation. After that punctuation it is over. A sentence fragment can be infinite but not a whole sentence because it has to end.
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What is the most confusing word?

Think beer snobs or Prius drivers, as the stereotypes go.
  • Ubiquitous. Ubiquitous is used to describe something that is widespread and constantly encountered, like television or fast food.
  • Cynical. ...
  • Apathetic. ...
  • Albeit. ...
  • Ambiguous. ...
  • Integrity. ...
  • Affect/Effect. ...
  • Love.
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What are the most confusing sentences?

Confusing Sentences That Actually Make Sense
  1. 1 All the faith he had had had had no effect on the outcome of his life. ...
  2. 2 One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. ...
  3. 3 The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families. ...
  4. 4 The man the professor the student has studies Rome.
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Is but still correct?

The expression “but still” is grammatically incorrect. Therefore, you should not use the expression if you wish to be grammatically correct in your writing and/or speech.
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What is mango plural?

man·​go | \ ˈmaŋ-(ˌ)gō \ plural mangoes also mangos.
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What is plural child?

The plural form of the noun child is: children.
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What is Monkey plural?

noun. mon·​key | \ ˈməŋ-kē \ plural monkeys.
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Who has 1000 letters in their name?

HOUSTON - CoSandra Williams says she spent years planning her daughter's name. It may take that long before the girl can say it. The 6-year-old girl has more than 1,000 letters in her first name - and a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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What is the weirdest child name?

Weird unisex baby names
  • Xela. ...
  • Geo. ...
  • Moxie Crimefighter. ...
  • Sparrow Midnight. ...
  • Seven. ...
  • Moroccan. ...
  • Everest. Want a name that can move mountains? ...
  • 100. Rocket.
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Is weirder a word yes or no?

'Weirder' is a word; it's a comparative adjective. This means that it's used to compare the weirdness of two entities.
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Is it weird or weirder?

The comparative form of weird; more weird.
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Is English grammar weird?

English grammar is also sometimes unusual. English uses varying word orders to distinguish between questions and statements—meaning that the subject of the sentence precedes the verb in statements. Take the phrase “life is a box of chocolates” for example.
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