Re: USAGE: Garden paths

On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, dirk elzinga wrote:

> > Yes, but there'd be commas "The horse, raced past the barn, fell down",
> > which prevents the ambiguity.  Even so, it's still questionable in my
> > idiolect, but then again, I tend to use the relative pronouns alot more
> > than most people.
>
> No, there would only be commas if the relative clause were an
> unrestricted relative clause; in Matt's example, it is a restricted
> relative and requires no commas.
If it is an unrestrictive relative clause, then (at least for me) a
relative pronoun is obligatory.  So with "comma intonation" the sentence
is ungrammatical.

Is it the same for anybody else?

Marcus