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Re: Evolution of Applicatives

From:And Rosta <a.rosta@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 16, 2004, 1:43
Tristan:
> And Rosta wrote: > > >Tom: > >>I'm pretty sure > >>that most English speakers will agree with me in this respect.
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> >Most English speakers massively overgenerate > >false negatives, when it comes to acceptability judgements. > > Is this perculiar to English speakers?
No, but I spoke only of English speakers in order to imply that the agreement of most English speakers with Tom does not bolster his case significantly. Rather, he needs the agreement of people who are dead good at English. --And.