Some kind of grammar, um, strict police

Feb 24, 2009 11:41

In Language Log. It's a YouTube video, but I'd rather not go into the whole context here, and if I just embedded the video someone would probably take it sideways.

dr.whom

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keristor February 24 2009, 20:28:03 UTC
Heh ( ... )

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dan_ad_nauseam February 25 2009, 00:21:03 UTC
ISTM that, as others have noted in the literature, a better way to understand the stranded preposition is to see it functioning more like a particle.

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annonynous February 25 2009, 01:14:53 UTC
Indeed, who did these fucking pencils my hand put in?

OK, that rates really low on the comprehensibility scale. I'll go peaceably, officer. :(

Ann O.

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