Fused-head construction
Just like that, Culiacan was thrust into a day of terror unlike any its residents had experienced since October 2019 — the last time authorities tried to capture the young Guzmán.
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Is "any" the fused-head construction (NP) in the paragraph above?
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Just like that, Culiacan was thrust into a day of terror unlike any its residents had experienced since October 2019 — the last time authorities tried to capture the young Guzmán. Yes, "any" is a determinitive in a fused determiner-head construction determined anaphorically as "any day of terror".
- Just like that, Culiacan was thrust into a day of terror unlike any its residents had experienced since October 2019 — the last time authorities tried to capture the young Guzmán.
- Yes, "any" is a determinitive in a fused determiner-head construction determined anaphorically as "any day of terror".
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Just like that, Culiacan was thrust into a day of terror unlike any its residents had experienced since October 2019 — the last time authorities tried to capture the young Guzmán.
Yes, "any" is a determinitive in a fused determiner-head construction determined anaphorically as "any day of terror".
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