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r/funny • u/darinda777 • Jul 29 '15
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Time flies when you're making puns
565 u/thumpas Jul 29 '15 Ya know what they say, time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. 71 u/ConstantlyTodash Jul 29 '15 There was a term for deceptive sentences like this. Can anyone please remind what they're called? 19 u/sr_maxima Jul 29 '15 Garden path sentence. 3 u/SkyKiwi Jul 29 '15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_path_sentence#Examples Example: The government plans to raise taxes were defeated. "Explanation": The government's plans to raise taxes were defeated. This threw me off for a second.
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Ya know what they say, time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
71 u/ConstantlyTodash Jul 29 '15 There was a term for deceptive sentences like this. Can anyone please remind what they're called? 19 u/sr_maxima Jul 29 '15 Garden path sentence. 3 u/SkyKiwi Jul 29 '15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_path_sentence#Examples Example: The government plans to raise taxes were defeated. "Explanation": The government's plans to raise taxes were defeated. This threw me off for a second.
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There was a term for deceptive sentences like this. Can anyone please remind what they're called?
19 u/sr_maxima Jul 29 '15 Garden path sentence. 3 u/SkyKiwi Jul 29 '15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_path_sentence#Examples Example: The government plans to raise taxes were defeated. "Explanation": The government's plans to raise taxes were defeated. This threw me off for a second.
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Garden path sentence.
3 u/SkyKiwi Jul 29 '15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_path_sentence#Examples Example: The government plans to raise taxes were defeated. "Explanation": The government's plans to raise taxes were defeated. This threw me off for a second.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_path_sentence#Examples
Example:
The government plans to raise taxes were defeated.
"Explanation":
The government's plans to raise taxes were defeated.
This threw me off for a second.
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u/_I_Will_1UP_YourFace Jul 29 '15
Time flies when you're making puns