Re: THEORY: two questions
| From: | Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 3, 2000, 3:50 |
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At 10:23 PM 4/2/2000 +0100, And wrote:
> > Does this constraint also apply to languages where wh-words aren't fronted?
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>Surely not, because it doesn't apply to English:
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> I wonder who ate bread and what.
I haven't been able to parse this yet. What's it supposed to mean?
> According to modern chemistry, lead and which other element are dangerous
> when inhaled?
I was thinking of this kind of example too, but this sounds somewhat
informal to me, though I'm not sure why. I guess maybe it's because the
word order isn't changed -- you could just as easily say "Lead and neon are
dangerous when inhaled" (same word order, though I don't know if neon's
really the answer :D )