Bruce,

I wish I knew what to respond to.  Of course, I chose data which support
my view of language. .

Bruce Despain wrote:

>  You give some examples of particular
>subjects and predicates that you are able to identify somehow.  I guess =
>you have a theoretical basis of some kind.
>
Yes, I do and the tag question test is known to many on this list.

>There will always be sentences that cannot be shown to fit the pattern.
>
I don't know what those sentences might be.  This discussion will only
progress to the degree that we
have data which one's view of language explains better than another's.

Bob Yates, Central Missouri State University

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