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• double "is"

  (Usage Disputes)
  
  

  
     Double "is", as in "The reason is, is that..." is a recent U.S.
  development, much decried.  According to MEU3, it was first noticed
  in 1971 and had spread to the U.K. by 1987.  Of course, "What this
  is is..." is undisputedly correct.

  
  
  Source: [Mark Israel, 'Usage Disputes: double "is"', The alt.usage.english FAQ file,(line 1551), (29 Sept 1997)]
  
  
  
  

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