Non-constituent coordination

[Shalom Lappin]

Perhaps my judgements have been affected by my own work on these sorts of
structures, or, alternatively, My Canadian English is being influenced by my
years in London. Regards.
                                       Shalom

Ash Asudeh wrote:

> Berthold,
>
> I think the sentence below is fine, but the following sentence is out for
> me:
>
> * John gave a record to Peter and Mary a book.
>
> Similarly:
>
>   John wrote Mary a letter and an email to Peter.
> * John wrote an email to Peter and Mary a letter.
>
> Ash
>
> On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Berthold Crysmann wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I wonder whether the following sentence is acceptable for the native
> > speakers of English amongst you:
> >
> > John gave Mary a book and a record to Peter.
> >
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your help,
> >
> > Berthold
> >
> > --
> > Berthold Crysmann <crysmann at dfki.de>
> > Deutsches Forschungszentrum Kuenstliche Intelligenz (DFKI) GmbH
> > Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3
> > D-66123 Saarbruecken
> >
> >
> >