ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoI sent ten different puns into a pun contest in hopes of having a winner.message-squaremessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareI sent ten different puns into a pun contest in hopes of having a winner.ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewebghost0101@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoNo pun in ten did. Not one pun, of those ten puns did win “No pun intended”
minus-squarevext01@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoIf we want to be pedantic, the setup would have ended with “… hoping to win” Then we have “no pun in ten did [win]”. But really, it’s fine. Bravo.
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoI got the joke, in fact I knew the joke. The problem here is that nowhere does it set up the “no pun did WIN”.
minus-squarewebghost0101@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-218 days agoAre you an english speaker at home? This grammar is very readable to me. In the first sentence (title) they said they send poems for the goal of having a winner. The second sentence builds upon that. I dont think this format is very unusual.
No pun in ten did.
Not one pun, of those ten puns did win
“No pun intended”
If we want to be pedantic, the setup would have ended with “… hoping to win”
Then we have “no pun in ten did [win]”.
But really, it’s fine. Bravo.
I got the joke, in fact I knew the joke. The problem here is that nowhere does it set up the “no pun did WIN”.
Are you an english speaker at home?
This grammar is very readable to me.
In the first sentence (title) they said they send poems for the goal of having a winner. The second sentence builds upon that.
I dont think this format is very unusual.