"yo" (a slightly different example)

[Dennis R. Preston]

I don't get no double-det in "this your confusion. To use old-timey
labels, I find "your confusion" to be an "appositive" modfifier of
the noun (not det) "this."

dInIs

>Larry Horn inscripsit:
>
>>>>>>
>At 9:49 AM -0400 9/28/01, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:
>>>"The yard needs mowed yo" is my favorite example sentence of the
>>>year.
>>
>>My yard needs big mojo indeed.
>      [...]
>
>Oops, never mind that last posting of mine.  I should have checked
>all my messages before responding, especially those from Doug W. or
>Mark M., at least one of whom I should have counted on to have
>pre-empted me.
><<<<<
>
>Well, I might've but I didn't, not on this topic, which I didn't see till
>today. I was right in there on "my your", which -- at least in the digest
>-- was intertwined with "yo"; which might be the cause of this your
>confusion. ;-)\  ... Now, *that* double determiner has a Shakespearean ring
>to it.
>
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