Re Personal pronouns

[Dr. John E. McLaughlin]

> [Pat Ryan wrote previously]

>>> It is obvious that "she" can stand for either "(the) woman" or the fuller
>>> NP: "(the) woman (that) we are supposed to meet".

> [Larry Trask]

>> Nope.  That 'she' cannot take the place of 'woman', and that is the end
>> of it.

> [PR]
> I think we shall just have to 'agree to disagree' on this question. The
> definition of 'pronoun' in your dictionary includes the phrase: "... and
> whose members typically have little or no intrinsic meaning or reference."
> Your position is obviously consistent. It is hard for me to
> accept that this
> is the consensus position.

It is.  Larry's quite clear in his explanation why it is so.

John E. McLaughlin, Ph.D.
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