Re: proceedings and journals


Joachim Pense wrote:
Am Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:50:01 -0400 schrieb Brian M. Scott:

On 24 Jul 2006 14:51:04 -0700, "Peter T. Daniels"
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in sci.lang:

[...]

I don't know how they or who handled library orders. (Hey,
that doesn't seem ungrammatical,

No? I think that the shortest form that I could use is
probably 'I don't know how they or whoever it was handled
library orders', and even then I'd feel a bit of an itch to
expand it to '... or whoever it was who actually did it
handled library orders'.

though it would seem to violate the Coordinate Structure
Constraint!)


Is this a question of grammar or a question of style? Or is the
distinction grammar vs. style arbitrary anyway?

"Er schlug das Fenster und den Weg nach Hause ein".

I believe you have committed zeugma.

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