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Title: INTended Meaning of the sentence
Post by: mallu on February 27, 2016, 07:14:53 AM

Following sentence is from a text

Who₁ does he₁ think that Mary like t
 
Strong crossover effect.But, being a non-native speaker I cant find out its intended meaning. Could anyone help me.   

Title: Re: INTended Meaning of the sentence
Post by: Daniel on February 27, 2016, 01:15:51 PM

Who is the person X, such that Mary likes X.
(Like should be likes.)