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October 30, 2005

HW7: *A can on the table near the phone of beer

Filed under: Homework notes — Paul Hagstrom @ 5:42 pm

As you think about the structure of a can of beer, you might also think about the following facts (at least facts about my own judgments):

(1)  I left a can of beer on the table near the phone.
(2)  I left a can of beer near the phone on the table.
(3) *I left a can on the table of beer near the phone.
(4) *I left a can near the phone of beer on the table.
(5) *I left a can on the table near the phone of beer.
(6) *I left a can near the phone on the table of beer.

And this might remind you-all of poetry.
And it matters when drawing, you know, a tree.

Ok, bad poetry, maybe.

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