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• Ghost Player    7 years ago

  This awkward but grammatically correct sentence is a product of what is known as center embedding. In English, we can typically put one clause inside of another without any problem. We can take “the man studies Rome” and add a bunch of additional information between the noun and the verb. However, the more information that is added, the harder it is to interpret the sentence.<br />In this particular case, the sentence conveys the following: The student has the professor who knows the man who studies ancient Rome. Each noun corresponds to a verb (the man studies, the student has). But because of the sentence’s syntax, this is hard to decipher. Remember: just because a sentence is grammatically correct doesn’t mean it is acceptable stylistically.

  Editing your comment: This awkward but grammatically correct sentence is a product of what is known as center embedding. In English, we can typically put one clause inside of another without any problem. We can take “the man studies Rome” and add a bunch of additional information between the noun and the verb. However, the more information that is added, the harder it is to interpret the sentence.<br />In this particular case, the sentence conveys the following: The student has the professor who knows the man who studies ancient Rome. Each noun corresponds to a verb (the man studies, the student has). But because of the sentence’s syntax, this is hard to decipher. Remember: just because a sentence is grammatically correct doesn’t mean it is acceptable stylistically.

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• Ghost Player    7 years ago

  𝓌𝒶𝒾𝓉 𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝓂𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒶𝓃 𝓊𝓅𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃<br />

  Editing your comment: 𝓌𝒶𝒾𝓉 𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝓂𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒶𝓃 𝓊𝓅𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃<br />

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• Ghost Player    7 years ago

  𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓌𝓀𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓂𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒸𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒹𝓊𝒸𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒶𝓈 𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝒹𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝐼𝓃 𝐸𝓃𝑔𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒽, 𝓌𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝓎𝓅𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓅𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒸𝓁𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓂. 𝒲𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 “𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝑅𝑜𝓂𝑒” 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝒹𝒹 𝒶 𝒷𝓊𝓃𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝒹𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝒾𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑜𝓊𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝒷. 𝐻𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝒹𝒹𝑒𝒹, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒.&lt;𝒷𝓇 /&gt;𝐼𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒾𝒸𝓊𝓁𝒶𝓇 𝒸𝒶𝓈𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓋𝑒𝓎𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔: 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒻𝑒𝓈𝓈𝑜𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒸𝒾𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝑅𝑜𝓂𝑒. 𝐸𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝓃𝑜𝓊𝓃 𝒸𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑜𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝒷 (𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑒𝓈, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓈). 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒’𝓈 𝓈𝓎𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓍, 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝓅𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝑅𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇: 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒶 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓂𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒸𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝑒𝓅𝓉𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓎𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎.

  Editing your comment: 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓌𝓀𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓂𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒸𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒹𝓊𝒸𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒶𝓈 𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝒹𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝐼𝓃 𝐸𝓃𝑔𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒽, 𝓌𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝓎𝓅𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓅𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒸𝓁𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓂. 𝒲𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 “𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝑅𝑜𝓂𝑒” 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝒹𝒹 𝒶 𝒷𝓊𝓃𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝒹𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝒾𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑜𝓊𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝒷. 𝐻𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝒹𝒹𝑒𝒹, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒.&lt;𝒷𝓇 /&gt;𝐼𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒾𝒸𝓊𝓁𝒶𝓇 𝒸𝒶𝓈𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓋𝑒𝓎𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔: 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒻𝑒𝓈𝓈𝑜𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒸𝒾𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝑅𝑜𝓂𝑒. 𝐸𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝓃𝑜𝓊𝓃 𝒸𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑜𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝒷 (𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑒𝓈, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓈). 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒’𝓈 𝓈𝓎𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓍, 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝓅𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝑅𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇: 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒶 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓂𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒸𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝑒𝓅𝓉𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓎𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎.

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• Ghost Player    7 years ago

  𝑜𝒽 𝓎𝑒𝓈, 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇

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