tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post2542000280744405940..comments2024-02-12T02:22:30.561-05:00Comments on The Lousy Linguist: More Russian Illusions Than IChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-67186713449595278882010-01-22T14:09:47.649-05:002010-01-22T14:09:47.649-05:00I have to admit to a bit of confusion. It's p...I have to admit to a bit of confusion. It's plainly clear why "More people have been to Russia than I have" is incoherent, and this jumped out at me on my first reading. ( Although in fairness, your title and intro about grammatical illusions may have primed me a bit to be skeptical. )<br /><br />I'm not as convinced that it's ungrammatical, and I wonder if you could spend a moment explaining that? Your blog post details why the sentence doesn't make sense, but making sense and obeying the rules of English grammar aren't the same things.<br /><br />"<b>Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.</b>"<br /><br />From what I've read, that sentence was written to show why people can't be Markov chaining devices. Nonetheless, I think it provides a good counter-example here. It's perfectly grammatical, and I think most people construct a single, unambiguous parse tree ( NP, VP ). But of course it's meaningless gibberish.Forresthttp://blog.forrestcroce.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-23887499611406090622010-01-10T07:24:42.309-05:002010-01-10T07:24:42.309-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bridget Samuelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894455480408955059noreply@blogger.com