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Taka Posted 15 years ago
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Children learn to produce sequences of words which they may never heard spoken but which conform to basic rules of grammar.

Does 'which' in bold refer to 'sequences of words'? Or does it refer to 'words' only?
  

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Taka Children learn to produce sequences of words which they may never hear d spoken but which conform to basic rules of grammar. Individual words cannot conform to many rules of grammar, so common sense says that the antecedent must be sequences of words. CB

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  • Taka Children learn to produce sequences of words which they may never hear d spoken but which conform to basic rules of grammar.
  • Individual words cannot conform to many rules of grammar, so common sense says that the antecedent must be sequences of words.
  • CB
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TakaChildren learn to produce sequences of words which they may never heard spoken but which conform to basic rules of grammar.
Individual words cannot conform to many rules of grammar, so common sense says that the antecedent must be sequences of words.

CB
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Sorry, CB. It was 'may never have heard spoken' instead. I deleted 'have' by mistake.

OK, good analysis! If nobody else shows up with a different idea, I'll take yours as the correct answer.
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