The power of punctuation.

[Karl]

PeterR, the following sentence can be improved to make it sound sensible. Let me see how well you can clarify this sentence through the correct placement of commas:

“That that is is that that is not is not.”

(My Source: Handbook For Caribbean Journalists;1987, page 127)

Would this be good? “That that is, is that that is not, is not.”

If it is correct, I am sure I could not do that again. If it is incorrect then I am sure I can find many other ways to again be incorrect.

[Historian]

That's It!

That that is, is. That that is not, is not.

You nailed it, Gamma! Great work.

[Historian]

Almost Got It

Would this be good? “That that is, is that that is not, is not.”

If it is correct, I am sure I could not do that again. If it is incorrect then I am sure I can find many other ways to again be incorrect.

You missed a comma, Karl. It should have been placed immediately after the second “is”.

[Karl]

Oh well...I gave it my best shot...
Respek, boss.

[Gamma]

You were a great tutor! 😃😃😃😃