Dialects: Rel. clause subj. in interr.?

[Joel S. Berson]

Only when I'm careless.  But it must be grammatical in my dialect,
since I can understand it:  "Was that "he was guilty" obvious?"

Joel

At 6/4/2010 03:32 AM, Randy Alexander wrote:

>Is this grammatical in your dialect?:
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>"Was that he was guilty obvious?"
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