Can the word and be used twice in a sentence in immediate succession

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I mean the word and is used immediately one after the other.like and and

Please give an example where you would use the conjunction "and" twice in a row. And... and whether you'd accept the representation of hesitation, or deep thought. — Mari-Lou A, Mar 04 '17 at 15:12
Never seen "and and" in a sentence unless it was with a use-mention distinction. Example: The "&" symbol and "and" can be interchangeable sometimes. — NVZ, Mar 04 '17 at 15:13
related: “James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher” — Mari-Lou A, Mar 04 '17 at 15:20
Related. How should I parse the sentence “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” — Mari-Lou A, Mar 04 '17 at 15:21

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:38

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Jim opens a cafe selling fish and chips. He has a sign made. It arrives and it says "fishandchips". So he rings up the sign company and says:

You need to put more space between "fish" and "and" and "and" and "chips"

via What are some examples of awkward sounding but grammatically correct sentences?

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answered Mar 04 '17 at 15:22

Mari-Lou A

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+1 Clever. But those "and"s are not the same. Use--mention distinction. – NVZ Mar 28 '17 at 07:35

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 15 '20 at 07:40

Ordinarily, no, two ands do not occur in succession: and is used to join two other words or phrases, and to repeat and is fundamentally meaningless.

HOWEVER: There are situations in which you may encounter this:

A speaker may repeat and two or more times to cover a gap while she gropes for a word or phrase. Here's an example from a play:

I have lived here and, and I have worked hard, and, and, and I have voted and I am still made fun of.
A speaker may repeat and two or more times for rhetorical purposes—to create 'suspense' or to emphasize accumulation. Here's an example from an autobiography:

I didn't even know a baby needed a bassinet. As it turned out, he also needed lots of clothes and bottles and a changing pad and ... and ... and.
A speaker or writer may use the conjunction and with a "meta" use or mention of the word and:

And and or are co-ordinating conjunctions.

score -1 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 22 '22 at 08:16

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Some words are able to be repeated, for example:

I fish fish

Which technically is the ellipsis of the word 'for', as in 'I fish for fish', but is still acceptable in English.

Other examples include:

if only he had had a chance

This works because the verb 'had' (to have) has two distinct meanings, to have had an experience or possess, and as a past participle to form the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses.

I can't think of any examples of 'and and' specifically, though. Searching the British National Corpus only produces quotes from speech, which is echolalia, as opposed to correct standard English.

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answered Mar 04 '17 at 15:01

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Yes. But that does not answer this question specifically. – NVZ Mar 04 '17 at 15:04
@NVZ how? the question doesn't specify any words in particular. Simply 'can two words be used in conjunction to one another?' – marcellothearcane Mar 04 '17 at 15:05
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it asked about the word "and". – NVZ Mar 04 '17 at 15:05
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like and and not only and and. – marcellothearcane Mar 04 '17 at 15:06
While 'we fish tuna' may be an acceptable hyponymic usage nowadays, the cognate usage 'we fish fish' sounds outlandish. – Edwin Ashworth Mar 04 '17 at 17:42

score -3 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 04 '17 at 15:16

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'and' is not used twice, but there are some words e.g. 'hot' It is getting hot and hot (to convey temperature is rising up). There are several words which can be used twice but 'and'.

answered Mar 04 '17 at 15:16

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Can the word and be used twice in a sentence in immediate succession

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