Relative clauses and `reconstruction' (fwd)

[James A. Crippen]

On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Theodora Alexopoulou wrote:

[...]
> 1. The portrait of himself_j that John_j painted is extremely flattering.
> 2. The interest in each other_j that John and Mary_j showed was fleeting.

I don't mean to quibble or split hairs but I wanted to note what I thought
to be a small mistake in your above example -- number 2 should more
probably be:

2. The interest in each other_j that [John and Mary]_j showed was
   fleeting.

Since 'each other' would be a quantifier for the compound of 'John and
Mary' and not just 'Mary'.  If anyone disagrees I'd be glad to hear
details.

BTW, I'm just an amateur linguist, not a professional.

cheers
'james

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