Syntax I

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September 23, 2005

HW3, problem III: only do step 1 and 2

Filed under: Homework notes — Paul Hagstrom @ 5:21 pm

It was just pointed out to me that if one follows the instructions diligently for problem III on HW3, one would find oneself being asked to provide a second sentence that could be made with the same lexical items. That is, you’d be trying to follow the instruction for step 3 of problem II with the lexical items from problem III. But in problem III, there’s actually only one way to do it, not two.

Similarly, you don’t need to find all the complements in problem III as well as in problem II. Just do it in problem II.

To summarize succinctly, then: In problem III, replace “Follow the instructions for problem II above, …” with “Follow the instructions for steps 1 and 2 of problem II above, …”. Skip steps 3 and 4 when doing problem III.

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