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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I agree. A grammatical sentence can be of
unlimited length. Classical Sanskrit prose works (eg Baana’s Harshacharita,
c. 7<sup>th</sup> C AD) often use innumerable case-related clause elements (appositional
nominatives; ablative absolutes; instrumentals, datives, locatives, in various
functions etc) in lengthy descriptions, which grammatically constitute a single
sentence, and run over several pages.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Director, ACORN (Aston Corpus Network project): <a
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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corpora-bounces@uib.no [mailto:corpora-bounces@uib.no] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Stefan Frazier<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 19 July 2008 07:48<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Cyril Belica<br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Corpora-List] max
sentence legnths</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I realize this thread
played out some time ago. But Dürrenmatt's "Der Auftrag" with its 24
sentences in 133 pages certainly benefits from the way German sentences may be
constructed, in conventional grammatical form, in a manner English would
consider "comma splices." In other words, a full clause may end,
another clause may begin, a comma separates those two, the narrative continues
apace, the woman travels to an unnamed Arabic-speaking country, she solves a
murder case, the woman encounters deep philosophical issues, one can see that
in this way it is quite easy indeed to construct long sentences, we should
remember that there is a difference between "grammatical" and what is
considered "correct," it is late, I am going to bed.<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Cyril Belica <<a
href="mailto:belica@ids-mannheim.de">belica@ids-mannheim.de</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>> Do any of those 24
sentences take advantage of the potential<br>
> of German syntax to postpone any verb more than one page later<br>
> than the subject?<br>
><br>
> John Sowa<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I don't think so though I've never checked that out. But sure enough,
it is<br>
a syntax-heavy diet of reading.<br>
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Best,<br>
<font color="#888888"><span style='color:#888888'>Cyril</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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