Whats the longest sentence in the world?

The Guinness Book of Records lists the longest proper sentence as one from William Faulkner's novel 'Absalom, Absalom!' (1,287 words). Some ancient languages, such as Sanskrit and Greek, did not have any punctuation. So all their sentences were long!
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What is the largest sentence in English?

Molly Bloom's soliloquy in the James Joyce novel Ulysses (1922) contains a sentence of 3,687 words. William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! (1936) contains a sentence composed of 1,288 words (in the 1951 Random House version).
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What is the longest sentence you can make with one word?

“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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Can a sentence go on forever?

The answer is no. A sentence needs punctuation. After that punctuation it is over.
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Who wrote the longest sentence ever?

Often cited for being the longest sentence ever written is one by author James Joyce. In his novel Ulysses, the character Molly Bloom has a monologue that goes on for 36 pages and has a total of 3,687 words. The only reason that a sentence this long works is because it is a monologue.
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How long is a life sentence?

A determinate life sentence is one that cannot be reduced through parole, meaning the person must spend their life in jail unless granted a pardon or win an appeal. An indeterminate life sentence is a life sentence with a minimum number of years before the person could be eligible for parole.
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What is the shortest sentence?

Many writers agree with you that Go. is the shortest complete sentence in the English language, and that any two- or three-letter second-person verbs used as imperatives (Sit! Eat!) are also shorter complete sentences than I am..
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What is the sentence of Never?

[M] [T] I never saw him in jeans. [M] [T] I will never do it again. [M] [T] I've never been to Paris. [M] [T] She has never visited him.
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How do you write forever?

In American English, forever is written as one word. In British English, you may see the forever written as two words: 'for ever'. for all time E.g. I want to live in the city forever!
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What is the sentence of famous?

How to use Famous in a sentence. It is still a famous school. Daniel Webster lived to become a famous orator and a great statesman. He is famous all over the world.
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How is Buffalo 8 times a sentence?

Buffalo written eight times is a grammatically correct sentence that sounds crazy but actually means something. To crack the code of this mystical combo, there are diagrams, articles and videos all over the internet. Some can be helpful, others make an already confusing sentence even more confusing.
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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 was the longest sentence by a monkey?

Nim's longest "sentence" was the 16-word-long "Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you."
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What is 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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What is the longest non run on sentence?

Some facts about long sentences

The Guinness Book of Records lists the longest proper sentence as one from William Faulkner's novel 'Absalom, Absalom!' (1,287 words). Some ancient languages, such as Sanskrit and Greek, did not have any punctuation.
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What is the longest word in the world that takes 3 hours to say?

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters)
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Is Fover a word?

No, fover is not in the scrabble dictionary.
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What's a fancy word for forever?

In this page you can discover 62 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for forever, like: eternally, everlastingly, from the cradle to the grave, forevermore, till-death-do-us-part, endlessly, permanently, endless, always, in perpetuity and interminably.
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How do you shorten forever?

4EVER means "Forever." The abbreviation 4EVER is commonly used for brevity in chat forums and text speak to mean "Forever." 4EVER is often used with abbreviations such as ILY to add emphasis to a declaration of love. Other abbreviations for "Forever" include: 4EVA.
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What is the opposite never?

We have listed all the opposite words for never alphabetically. always. consistently. constantly. eternally.
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Can I say never ever?

Definition of never ever

—used especially in speech as a more forceful way to say "never" He never ever wanted to grow up. I promise to never ever do it again.
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Why is meaning?

1 : the cause or reason for which We know why you did it. 2 : for which Here's the reason why I did it.
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Is OK a sentence?

Though it's generally used as an adverb or adjective, “okay” can also be used as a verb, meaning to give approval to something (for example, “Has Mark okayed that budget proposal yet?”) See below for more examples of “okay” and “ok” in a sentence.
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What is the weirdest 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 sentence have A to Z alphabet?

The Answer:

A sentence using all the letters in the alphabet is called a pangram (from the Greek for "every letter"). "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is the most famous pangram, but there are many others. My favorite may be "the five boxing wizards jump quickly," which is four letters shorter.
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