Date:  Wed, 24 Nov 1993 16:23:34 -0600

From:  Natalie Maynor <maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

Subject: Forwarding



For some reason this mail bounced back to me. Natalie



> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 93 11:36:12 CST

> From: Evan.Norris%VPAcad%VH[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]topnet.uwsa.edu

> Subject: re: Query: "run over"

> To: [AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU:owner-ads-l[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU

>

> Mike Agnes asked for judgments on these four sentences:

>

>

>  1. She ran him over.

>  2. She ran over him.

>  3. She ran the idiot over.

>  4. She ran over the dog.

>

> My judgement as a native speaker of American English is that the sentences

> are all grammatical, although 1 and 3 are more marked. There is also an

> ambiguity in 1 and 3 involving the sense of 'run over' as 'deliver to

> someone', as in 'I'll run it right over.' I admit that it does seem a bit

> contrived, but there you are...

>

> Evan Norris

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