[lbo-talk] Prose Style -- A Sample for Discussion

Tayssir John Gabbour tayssir.john at googlemail.com
Mon Jan 1 12:24:31 PST 2007


On 1/1/07, Tayssir John Gabbour <tayssir.john at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Except for the mysterious end part, my understanding is he's just
> illustrating the difference between syntax and semantics. I got this
> from skimming, which was much easier than a close reading.

Hmm, but if my understanding is right, his example misses the mark -- he's really illustrating how sentences often have ambiguous semantics.

(But I'm no linguist, so maybe I'm totally wrong. Insert pastiche where I say he is "da Man.")

Tayssir



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