Is there anything ungrammatical about this sentence, beyond...

George Thompson george.thompson at NYU.EDU
Tue Jul 8 16:29:54 UTC 2014


How about "Colorless green Purslane started its pubescence furiously"?

GAT


On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 1:54 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

> WG:  <<Is there anything ungrammatical about this sentence>>
> JL:  <<Wrong as can be, regardless of syntax.>>
> RA:  << Nothing syntactically wrong>>
> NC: <<Colorless green Purslane started its cultivation furiously.>>
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