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JungKim Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Is this sentence grammatical?
Is this sentence grammatical?
The old man that the dog that the baby that the girl loves cries at the sight of barks at is my father.
If so, is there any limitation on how many layers you could go with this structure?
The old man that the dog that the baby that the girl loves cries at the sight of barks at is my father.
If so, is there any limitation on how many layers you could go with this structure?
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It's grammatical, but virtually incomprehensible. The version below with only two defining relative clause is just about acceptable, but few people would ever produce it. The old man that the dog that the baby cries at the sight of barks at is my father.
- It's grammatical, but virtually incomprehensible.
- The version below with only two defining relative clause is just about acceptable, but few people would ever produce it.
- The old man that the dog that the baby cries at the sight of barks at is my father.
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It's grammatical, but virtually incomprehensible.
The version below with only two defining relative clause is just about acceptable, but few people would ever produce it.
The old man that the dog that the baby cries at the sight of barks at is my father.
The version below with only two defining relative clause is just about acceptable, but few people would ever produce it.
The old man that the dog that the baby cries at the sight of barks at is my father.
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