Re: Disambiguation of argument reference

 --- Roger Mills wrote:

> Nor for me, PROVIDED that the last "what" (or even both "what"s) receives
> emphatic stress-- you'd have to be asking for clarification of something
> just said or heard that you find odd, shocking, unbelieveable etc.  e.g.
>
> A:  "I think I'll put kitty-cat decals on these antique Ming vases....."
> B:  "(What/WHAT) are you putting on the WHAT!!!???"
I use this kind of constructions mainly when I didn't hear something properly
(which occurs quite regularly, I must admit...). From time to time they can
grow to such proportions like:
"WHO did you say said WHAT to WHOM about WHAT???"

Jan

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"Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones

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