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Did you know that Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo is a grammatically correct sentence?

“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” is a grammatically valid sentence in the English language, used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs. It has been discussed in literature since 1972 when the sentence was used by William J. Rapaport, an associate professor at the University at Buffalo. It was posted to Linguist List by Rapaport in 1992. It was also featured in Steven Pinker’s 1994 book The Language Instinct.

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“If the ten digit number on the back of a book starts with a zero or a one, the book is written in English.”

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The Word Bookkeeper

“”bookkeeper” is the only unhyphenated word in the English language that has three repeated letters, one after the other.” [source]

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Common Words

“The word “the” is the most common word in standard English, followed closely by “be” and “to”.” [source]

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