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Below is a guest post/email by Preston C.: I wanted to share a compact ambiguous sentence in the spirit of “Buffalo buffalo…,” but built from more ordinary English resources: In Buttons’ Buttons, Buttons Buttons buttons Buttons Buttons’ buttons Buttons Buttons’ buttons’ buttons button. One workable parse treats “Buttons Buttons” as a proper name, “Buttons’ Buttons” […]

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