Timeline for Is there a rule for determining which 'wh'(i.e.,when,where) to use?
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| Sep 11, 2023 at 4:33 | comment | added | MarcInManhattan | @BillJ "Wiki's references include H&P." And if you clicked on that Linguistics Girl link, you'd find that her references include . . . Rodney Huddleston himself. I don't know why she cited him if he doesn't agree with her on this issue, but she is using good references. At this point, I'm done with this; if you'd like to actually discuss appositives on chat I'm happy to do so, but this comment thread has grown too long with no resolution. | |
| Sep 10, 2023 at 15:49 | comment | added | BillJ | Btw, I also recommend the works of UCL's Bas Aarts. You won't need to mortgage your house to buy them! | |
| Sep 10, 2023 at 15:27 | comment | added | BillJ | Wiki's references include H&P. There is no finer source on the planet than them. Sorry, but you're way out on a limb in claiming that clauses can be appositives. Why on earth don't you acquire a copy of CGEL and join the 'big boys?!! | |
| Sep 10, 2023 at 14:56 | comment | added | MarcInManhattan | @BillJ You cite "wiki" but then criticize Linguistics Girl? OK. | |
| Sep 10, 2023 at 7:37 | comment | added | BillJ | I'd hardly call Linguistics Girl a reliable resource. And Edwin Ashworth is not a professional linguist. Btw, H&P talk only of NPs in their 'Big Book', of course. | |
| Sep 10, 2023 at 0:49 | comment | added | MarcInManhattan | @BillJ Yes, and there are other English websites that say the opposite, e.g. Linguistics Girl. The fact is that many professsional linguists note the possibility of other phrases serving as appositives, including our very own Edwin Ashworth: "There's an argument that any parenthetical in-line reformulatory/explanatory element is an appositive." | |
| Sep 9, 2023 at 18:54 | comment | added | BillJ | I can't get the linking to work properly. Wiki, Grammarly, Grammar Monster and Purdue talk only of NPs. | |
| Sep 9, 2023 at 17:17 | comment | added | MarcInManhattan | @BillJ Yes, that's true are in your grammar. But not in mine. | |
| Sep 9, 2023 at 9:12 | comment | added | BillJ | But, appositives are always NPs, never clauses. | |
| Sep 8, 2023 at 16:23 | history | answered | MarcInManhattan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |