Re: syllepsis?

From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:30:50 GMT

Ron Hardin wrote:
>
> 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.

> On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

So all you're complaining about is the omission of commas? Jeez. 

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Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net