[Ads-l] weird "which"

[Herbert F. Stahlke]

This resumptive possessive pronoun feels like the fuzzy edge of an island constraint.

Herb

On June 23, 2020, at 5:55 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:

Weird to me, anyway, especially in a pricey, presumably carefully edited TV
commercial for a glamour hair product:

"Including a full-size leave-in elixir which nine out of ten women said
their hair appeared thicker and fuller in just one week!"

JL

-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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