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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Several grammar questions
Dear Forum Members, please give your opinions on these:
1. 'John is eager to please', 'John is easy to please':
A) Are the derivation trees of these sentences the same?
B) What is the relation between 'John' and 'please' in the first and second sentence?
C) What transformations will show the difference, if there is one?
2. What is your opinion of completely eliminating IC theory in favour of T-grammar?
3. 'Woggles ugged diggles' (c). Do you see any meaning at all in the sentence?
Thanks in advance
1. 'John is eager to please', 'John is easy to please':
A) Are the derivation trees of these sentences the same?
B) What is the relation between 'John' and 'please' in the first and second sentence?
C) What transformations will show the difference, if there is one?
2. What is your opinion of completely eliminating IC theory in favour of T-grammar?
3. 'Woggles ugged diggles' (c). Do you see any meaning at all in the sentence?
Thanks in advance
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This sounds like homework! I think you need to discuss these with your teacher and classmates, but I'll give you a few comments. 1.
- This sounds like homework!
- I think you need to discuss these with your teacher and classmates, but I'll give you a few comments.
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- These can't be the same.
- John is eager for John to please someone else, but John is easy for someone else to please John, so to speak.
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This sounds like homework! I think you need to discuss these with your teacher and classmates, but I'll give you a few comments.
1. These can't be the same. John is eager for John to please someone else, but John is easy for someone else to please John, so to speak.
2. Explain what IC theory and T-grammar are when asking these sorts of questions on a forum. I don't think ev
1. These can't be the same. John is eager for John to please someone else, but John is easy for someone else to please John, so to speak.
2. Explain what IC theory and T-grammar are when asking these sorts of questions on a forum. I don't think ev
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Thank you very much indeed, CalifJim!
I would not let others do my homework instead of me, which would be immoral at best. (Though I am not sure if 'immoral' is precise enough, given that you seem to like Nietzsche's teaching)
1. Should I take this to mean that the derivation trees would be the same?
2. Everybody may not, but you seem to have the a
I would not let others do my homework instead of me, which would be immoral at best. (Though I am not sure if 'immoral' is precise enough, given that you seem to like Nietzsche's teaching)
1. Should I take this to mean that the derivation trees would be the same?
2. Everybody may not, but you seem to have the a
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Anonymous1. Should I take this to mean that the derivation trees would be the same?I can't see how they could be the same, but I'm not an expert at that sort of thing.
AnonymousAs someone in the know, would you answer question 2?You are mistaken. I am one of those who do not know what IC is, and I can onl
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