Buffalo buffalo buffalo: One-word sentences and how they work - Emma Bryce
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‘Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo’ is a grammatically correct sentence. How? Emma Bryce explains how this and other one-word sentences illustrate some lexical ambiguities that can turn ordinary words and sentences into mazes that mess with our minds.
Can you think up some one-word sentences that make sense?
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- Educator Emma Bryce
- Animator Henry Chung, Noel Wong, Plamen Ananiev
- Narrator Addison Anderson
