Re: Bi-objective Prepositions & betweeness.

Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> I don't really see what's odd with it; "from me and Carlene", "towards
> Tennessee and freedom", "for women and children", etc, etc are all good
> English too, not?
Loglangy insight: all of these compounds "unpack" to sentence conjunction:
"This gift is from me and Carlene" means (to a first approximation, anyway)
the same as "This gift is from me and this gift is from Carlene".
But "Newark is between New York and Philadelphia" does not unpack to
"*Newark is between New York and Newark is between Philadelphia".

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