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2011-03-23T01:59:23Z

Things I've heard other people say

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	* "... has one wish: his son to become a novelist" (An ad on Cartoon Network).		* "... has one wish: his son to become a novelist" (An ad on Cartoon Network).
	** Parses nicely, but interesting in structure.		** Parses nicely, but interesting in structure.
			* "You're the woman my wife keeps telling me why '''you''''re famous but I can't remember why"

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2008-05-26T05:47:25Z

Sentences that parse oddly for non-obvious reasons

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	** ''itself'' is bound to the verb, so if you drop the verb, gotta get rid of itself too		** ''itself'' is bound to the verb, so if you drop the verb, gotta get rid of itself too
	* *"The following sentences, minimally manually sorted, ..." and ?"The following sentences, with minimal manual sorting, ..."		* *"The following sentences, minimally manually sorted, ..." and ?"The following sentences, with minimal manual sorting, ..."
			* ??"[This word means ...,] which I'm wondering more and more whether it's a standardly used definition", but *"[This word means ...,] which I'm wondering more and more whether is a standardly used definition"

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2007-11-28T04:51:26Z

Things I've heard other people say

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	** Parses nicely, but interesting in structure.		** Parses nicely, but interesting in structure.


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2005-11-28T07:23:37Z

Things I've heard other people say

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	** Those have opposite meanings, and were said about the same thing in the same conversation.		** Those have opposite meanings, and were said about the same thing in the same conversation.
	** See [[ABraver's English#Argument Order]], and above, for a similar problem.		** See [[ABraver's English#Argument Order]], and above, for a similar problem.
			* "... has one wish: his son to become a novelist" (An ad on Cartoon Network).
			** Parses nicely, but interesting in structure.

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2005-11-28T07:21:44Z

Sentences that parse oddly for non-obvious reasons

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	* "I think it could be that stupidity manifests itself as evil, or evil itself as stupidity." (ABraver, 27Jul05)		* "I think it could be that stupidity manifests itself as evil, or evil itself as stupidity." (ABraver, 27Jul05)
	** ''itself'' is bound to the verb, so if you drop the verb, gotta get rid of itself too		** ''itself'' is bound to the verb, so if you drop the verb, gotta get rid of itself too
			* *"The following sentences, minimally manually sorted, ..." and ?"The following sentences, with minimal manual sorting, ..."

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2005-09-06T07:27:26Z

Things I've heard other people say

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	* "Substitute the chocolate chips for cocoa powder, and instead of butter, use plums."		* "Substitute the chocolate chips for cocoa powder, and instead of butter, use plums."
	** With the meaning that cocoa powder be used instead of chocolate chips. See [[ABraver's English#Argument Order]] for a similar problem.		** With the meaning that cocoa powder be used instead of chocolate chips. See [[ABraver's English#Argument Order]] for a similar problem.
			* "Currently, it comes bundled with (you can choose not to install any of these at installation) Predixis MusicMagic, AOL Radio, an eMusic link . . ."
			** "Though a micro version of it comes bundled with AOL."
			** Those have opposite meanings, and were said about the same thing in the same conversation.
			** See [[ABraver's English#Argument Order]], and above, for a similar problem.

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2005-09-02T19:21:23Z

Things I've heard other people say

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	** "" (''see prev note'')		** "" (''see prev note'')
	* "Substitute the chocolate chips for cocoa powder, and instead of butter, use plums."		* "Substitute the chocolate chips for cocoa powder, and instead of butter, use plums."
	** With the meaning that cocoa powder be used instead of chocolate chips. See [[ABraver's English]].		** With the meaning that cocoa powder be used instead of chocolate chips. See [[ABraver's English#Argument Order]] for a similar problem.

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2005-09-02T19:20:45Z

Things I've heard other people say

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	* "That was definitely worth using two letters for that."		* "That was definitely worth using two letters for that."
	** "" (''see prev note'')		** "" (''see prev note'')
			* "Substitute the chocolate chips for cocoa powder, and instead of butter, use plums."
			** With the meaning that cocoa powder be used instead of chocolate chips. See [[ABraver's English]].

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2005-08-24T03:51:08Z

Things I've heard other people say

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	* "I've always loved doing fieldwork in Western Vermont because I didn't have to worry about snakes or any carnivores larger than dog-size basically, where I had a rock-hammer that I could take it out."		* "I've always loved doing fieldwork in Western Vermont because I didn't have to worry about snakes or any carnivores larger than dog-size basically, where I had a rock-hammer that I could take it out."
	** Didn't leave ''t'', pronoun recovered		** Didn't leave ''t'', pronoun recovered
			* "That was definitely worth using two letters for that."
			** "" (''see prev note'')


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2005-08-23T03:17:54Z

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	''"Is "Frannie and Zooey" any good, Alex?"'', when Alex is the only person in the area reading a book - why does it feel necessary to append the person's name if you weren't talking to them before, but they're the only person within earshot to whom the question could pertain? (Abraver, 31Jul05)		''"Is "Frannie and Zooey" any good, Alex?"'', when Alex is the only person in the area reading a book - why does it feel necessary to append the person's name if you weren't talking to them before, but they're the only person within earshot to whom the question could pertain? (Abraver, 31Jul05)
	* Because someone else might try to make "Frannie and Zooey" make sense in their understanding of the world, and ask "Who's that?" or "Yeah, I like them", or something silly like that.		* Because someone else might try to make "Frannie and Zooey" make sense in their understanding of the world, and ask "Who's that?" or "Yeah, I like them", or something silly like that.

			== Things I've heard other people say ==
			* "I've always loved doing fieldwork in Western Vermont because I didn't have to worry about snakes or any carnivores larger than dog-size basically, where I had a rock-hammer that I could take it out."
			** Didn't leave ''t'', pronoun recovered


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