Can you Punctuate This?

I got this bit of pointless trivia for homework yesterday, and it is doing my head in. You have to make this make sense using basic punctuation - , . ? ! and capital letters. Oh! and it has to be 4 sentences long:

that that is is that that is not is not that it it is

Reply if you've got it!!

I could try. I'm not that great though. I'm just bored and want to help you.

That, That is! is that? that is not. is not that it? it is!

Its probably incredibly wrong. Sorry just thought i would try to help you out.

Originally Posted by shadowthief

I got this bit of pointless trivia for homework yesterday, and it is doing my head in. You have to make this make sense using basic punctuation - , . ? ! and capital letters. Oh! and it has to be 4 sentences long:

Now, what do you mean by that. What has to make sense?

In answer to your question, you have to make the sentence/quote/rambling at the end of the post make sense.
And thanks to Coheed And Cambria, it makes sense to me and I think there are a few different versions of it.

However I think I may have got it: That, that is, is that, that is not. Is not that it? It is!

But oh! It's only three sentences, well bummer that.

Originally Posted by Coheed And Cambria

That, That is! is that? that is not. is not that it? it is!

Looks ok to me, infact does look correct, anyway i'll try if I do figure it i'll post but this one does look correct

Eh? This is a weird thing, but I believe it would be punctuated as so:
That that is, is that that is not. Is not that it? It is.

And now I will re-write it, so you can see how I came to that conclusion:
What is, is what is not. Isn't it? It is.

Either way, the sentance doesn't really make much sense. What horrible writing. One should never (or at least hardly ever) repeat words one after another. Example: "that that."

Eewww...

Cal, the double that's is probably where commas come in handy. Also, your guess was only three sentences long. All I can tell you, shadowthief, is to go with Coheed and Cambria's guess. Makes most sense to me.

On a slightly different note...Unless you credit this site, aren't you plagiarizing if you go to school and claim you know the answer?

Cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater...

A drumroll, please...


"That that is, is. That that is not, is not. That it? It is!"

:O

I think that's right... It's rather simple when you look at it that way, and would seem to go in line with a Parmenides-like explanation of the world.

Originally Posted by wikipedia article on Parmenides

Parmenides stated that there are two ways of inquiry: that it [/i]is[/i], that it is not. He said that the latter argument is never feasible because nothing can not be:

For never shall this prevail, that things that are not are.

That? That is, is that that? Is not - is not that it? It is!

That's the best I can do ^__^;

Edit:

Originally Posted by andi

That that is, is. That that is not, is not. That it? It is!

Yeah yours sounds right, actually.

To DaBomb96,
Actually, I already had an answer when I posted.
I just wanted to see if anyone else had the same answer, so no, I was not plagiarizing.

That that is, is that that is not. Is not that it? It is!

Andi's sounds more correct though.

Originally Posted by andi

A drumroll, please...


"That that is, is. That that is not, is not. That it? It is!"

Andi's right. I'm wrong, although I made a fairly educated guess. My guess made sense, but Andi's makes more sense. (expect for the very ending, "That is? It is!" I mean, 'cmon, what way to talk is that? I blame the sentance, though. Not you, Andi.) "Voila!

All hail the grammer master!

(Moonlight, you said the same thing I did. Freaky...)