tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post2542803350560357124..comments2024-02-12T02:22:30.561-05:00Comments on The Lousy Linguist: Stanford professors and grammatical illusionsChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-60818330566172988532011-10-15T16:35:52.301-04:002011-10-15T16:35:52.301-04:00Laura, just busy, and like many people, I'm fi...Laura, just busy, and like many people, I'm finding Twitter a more rewarding experience than Blogger.<br /><br />@lousylinguistChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-64768197156613427622011-10-15T13:22:55.720-04:002011-10-15T13:22:55.720-04:00Where have you been? I miss reading your posts.Where have you been? I miss reading your posts.Laura Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05229426716936563690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-6685177446387828972011-09-09T20:46:37.981-04:002011-09-09T20:46:37.981-04:00Good catch! Yes, the original is "regulatory ...Good catch! Yes, the original is "regulatory mechanisms".Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-79429179182830033092011-09-09T20:17:14.379-04:002011-09-09T20:17:14.379-04:00In the original, is "regulatory mechanism&quo...In the original, is "regulatory mechanism" plural? I ask because your discussion seems to behave as if it is—and that's how interference from the closer false subject "mechanisms" is able to trick F. into creating a sentence with "have." But in the citation provided, "mechanism" is singular, and so that plural "have" looks like it's coming out of left-er field…qlfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00857086471684389869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-34360805014876854992011-09-09T20:16:49.335-04:002011-09-09T20:16:49.335-04:00In the original, is "regulatory mechanism&quo...In the original, is "regulatory mechanism" plural? I ask because your discussion seems to behave as if it is—and that's how interference from the closer false subject "mechanisms" is able to trick F. into creating a sentence with "have." But in the citation provided, "mechanism" is singular, and so that plural "have" looks like it's coming out of left-er field…qlfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00857086471684389869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-4390033423209586152011-08-31T16:14:50.229-04:002011-08-31T16:14:50.229-04:00Especially interesting since this sentence was cer...Especially interesting since this sentence was certainly passed by several editors and reviewers too.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-69889191761102534722011-08-30T11:28:32.140-04:002011-08-30T11:28:32.140-04:00Wouldn't it be easier just to recast the sente...Wouldn't it be easier just to recast the sentence like this?<br /><br />"But it is clear that we have yet to find the right political regulatory mechanism to tame capitalism's volatility."<br /><br />I admit it's not the best recast, but there's enough room for improvement. My thought on first reading was, what political job? The political job of finding the right mechanism? The job of finding the right political mechanism?<br /><br />I could't figure out what was being meant, so I've taken the arbitrary route of deciding it was a political mechanism - and I'm sure I'm way off mark.<br /><br />Don't know - just my twopence worth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com