Date:  Fri, 22 Sep 1995 19:29:03 -0400

From:  "E. Wayles Browne" <ewb2[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CORNELL.EDU>

Subject: Re: acceptability/grammaticality judgments, please



>1. Kim and Dale think that each other is the best.

This is ungrammatical for me, however I am aware that there are

speakers (I call them "loose each-other-ers") for whom the

use of "each other" in subject position of a subordinate

clause is possible. Robert Pirsig is one such person; you

will find a number of examples like this in ZEN AND THE ART OF

MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE.

>

>2. Who does she think said ate the cake?

>

Ungrammatical.



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