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Specializations => Morphosyntax => Topic started by: mallu on September 28, 2014, 11:35:11 PM

Title: Which is the most likely topic in the sentence.
Post by: mallu on September 28, 2014, 11:35:11 PM

Here is a sentence drawn from some book (I dont remember its title)

'They say of Jim that Mary is taller than him.

Which is the most likely sentence topic here? Mary or Jim.

Title: Re: Which is the most likely topic in the sentence.
Post by: Daniel on September 28, 2014, 11:42:49 PM

Jim.