This message was originally submitted by [log in to unmask] to the ATEG list Let's take this sentence: He /is/ Jack. 'Jack' is a noun. The following, if what functions "as" a noun becomes a noun too, are also nouns: very friendly like his mother in the attic there Now consider this sentence: Jack/put/his hand/ on Jill's knee. 'Jack' is a noun. As Jack is a noun all the above nouns can go into the same place. So we get the following sentences: Very friendly put his hand on Jill's knee. Like his mother put his hand on Jill's knee. In the attic put his hand on Jill's knee. There put his hand on Jill's knee. Well-formed sentences? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burkhard Leuschner - Paedagogische Hochschule Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany E-mail: [log in to unmask] [h] Fax: +49 7383 2212