Re: syllepsis?

From: Ron Hardin (rhhardin_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:49:38 GMT

Neeraj Mathur wrote:
> > ``Should or intends to regulate'' is wrong, but you might think it
> > would work, ``regulate'' being properly non-finite. Something
> > prevents the coordination, though.
>
> Slightly related, perhaps: what do you think of phrases such as 'The method
> works well with some, not at all with others'?
>
> Neeraj Mathur

It sounds okay to me, with a pause for the missing conjunction.

``Should, or intends to, regulate'' would pass my filter; but I think
it's still syllepsis actually, with a disagreement whether ``regulate''
is a to-infinitive or a bare infinitive. But it's sort of formal, suggesting
a cut-and-paste alternative anyway. 

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