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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

intersentential anaphor

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00Actress Kim Raver wants you to benefit from her sleepless nights: Here, the difficult (and wonderful) lessons she learned about taking care of yourself while taking care of your kids.02br
00 Kim Raver is between feedings. The 38-year-old actress has grown accustomed to 01span00this02span00 frequent and seemingly fleeting state since October, when she brought her second son, Leo, home from the hospital. It's during these between times that the rest of her busy life takes place. "The rest" encompasses plenty: working 15 hours five to six days a week taping 01i00Lipstick Jungle,02i00 NBC's new dramedy about three high-powered Manhattan working women; taking 5-year-old son Luke to school, after a few minutes of playing dinosaurs; catching up with her husband, filmmaker Manu Boyer; frosting a homemade birthday cake; sewing a Halloween costume; sleeping a few hours; and, oh, taking the occasional shower.02br
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00What is the referent of 01span02span01span00this02span00 ?02br
00Thanks 0-
  

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0Do you mean 01b 00to02b 00 what it refers? 02br 00look for the first noun after 01i 01b 00this:02b 00 01b 00state02b 02i 02br 02br 00but more correctly: 01i 00frequent and seemingly fleeting state02i 02br 00If you mean 01b 00by02b 00 what is called, it's called 01i 00by accustomed to (this state02i 00), or 01i 00has grown accustomed to (this state)02i 0-

  • 0Do you mean 01b 00to02b 00 what it refers?
  • 02br 00look for the first noun after 01i 01b 00this:02b 00 01b 00state02b 02i 02br 02br 00but more correctly: 01i 00frequent and seemingly fleeting state02i 02br 00If you mean 01b 00by02b 00 what is called, it's called 01i 00by accustomed to (this state02i 00), or 01i 00has grown accustomed to (this state)02i 0-
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0Do you mean 01b00to02b00 what it refers? 02br
00look for the first noun after 01i01b00this:02b00 01b00state02b02i02br
02br
00but more correctly: 01i00frequent and seemingly fleeting state02i02br
00If you mean 01b00by02b00 what is
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0 It seems I was sleeping while I posted this. 01font01span00This02span02font00 is an adjective; therefore no referent.02br
00What does the author mean by this fleeting state? Oh I see, the in between feedings.02br
00Thank me and Marius. 0-

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