Syntax I

I’ve gotten enough last minute questions on this one that I think I want to give you a little bit longer on this last homework. So, you can hand it in after break, although if you’re happy with it (if you understand it, you’ll probably know, there aren’t really that many “tricks” involved) and want to give it to me today, fine.

I was never planning on assigning a homework over this break anyway, so this won’t put anyone behind, really.

I was, however, planning to release an “extra credit” assignment that you could do, if you so desired. I had what I thought was a pretty nice one worked out concerning the (famous, old, and practically insoluble problem of how to analyze sentences like Trees are easy to draw), but by the time I got it most of the way done, I’d seen a flaw in the approach I was guiding you toward. So, I’ll have to post it later, once the break has begun. There won’t be a deadline for it, except just the end of the semester.