Natural-Born Lover : Words

[Mark A. Mandel]

I said:

>I understood it, but I share Wilson's desire for support for the hypothesis.
>This seems to me to be very, very far from the implicit 2s. SUBJECT of an
>imperative. Are there any known such cases?

Larry answered:

        >>>
%Can I come with? [when it's clear that the addressee is the missing
object]

Of course, this isn't specifically "YOU understood", but any object
in the appropriate context (for the appropriate dialect).
        <<<

Distinguo. In addition to your "of course",

2. That is the object of a preposition, not of the verb.

3. This collocation, "come with", is idiomatic; the construction is not
productive.

-- Mark, still waiting for evidence