Craig, you write that "I met Mary in Seattle" is, at least potentially, a sentence.  And you point out that putting "before" in front of it downgrades it to something subordinate.  

I'm wondering about putting an "and" in front.  Is "And I met Mary in Seattle" a potential sentence?  Does it pass Frank Noguchi's frame test:


They refused to believe the idea that and I met Mary in Seatlle?

Peter

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