VP ellipsis

[Martin Jansche]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Tibor Kiss wrote:

> As a continuation of (1), which of the cases in (2) are grammatical?

> (2) a. Mary, too.
>     b. Mary may, too.
>     c. Mary may have, too.
>     d. Mary may have been, too.

All of the above.  See the following examples:

"others too"
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.thtproductions.co.uk/emu.htm+%22gone+%2Band+others+too%22&hl=en&lr=lang_en

"may too"
http://www.crossroadsfw.com/refer01.htm

"may have too"
http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~alevin/Archives/FutOrch/95-07(July).txt

"may have been too"
http://iubio.bio.indiana.edu/R130910-132016-/news/bionet/general/9112.newsm

- martin