Re: cases (nom/acc vs sub/obj)

On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:

> I'd better explain. The subject is defined (at least in some theories)
> as the noun phrase in the sentence that can co-ordinate, like in
>
>         I-NOM brushed my teeth-ACC and combed my hair-ACC
But what about:

        John-NOM tied and George-NOM cut the rope-ACC.

I admit this isn't quite as perspicuous as the preceding example,
but it sure doesn't seem ungrammaticaly to me.

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