Dear all, May I ask for your help parsing the relative clause in the following example? James Bunley, a Washington attorney who served as the last Transportation secretary in the Reagan administration in 1987089, says the complexity of Next-Gen is one of the reasons the new system hasn't gained funding. I analyze this example as a restrictive relative clause specifying which Washington attorney; i.e., a restrictive relative clause modifying an appositive, which itself is a nonrestrictive element modifying the proper noun James Bunley. Is this correct? Thanks very much, Natalie ____________________ Natalie Gerber, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of English SUNY Fredonia ph. (716) 673-3855 fax (716) 673-4661 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/