32.957, Qs: English Grammar and Usage Survey

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LINGUIST List: Vol-32-957. Tue Mar 16 2021. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 32.957, Qs: English Grammar and Usage Survey

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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:50:54
From: Kota Nishiwaki [hot_corner_55 at hotmail.com]
Subject: English Grammar and Usage Survey

 
If you are a native speaker of English, could you judge the acceptability of
the following sentences? Any comments are welcome. Please send your replies
directly to my email, hot_corner_55 at hotmail.com. Your responses will assist me
in my research.

(1) What do you say to creating meaningful memories?
(2) What, then, do you say to creating meaningful memories?
(3) What do you say we create meaningful memories?
(4) What, then, do you say we create meaningful memories?
(5) What do you say, let's create meaningful memories.
(6) What, then, do you say, let's create meaningful memories.
(7) What do you say, why not create meaningful memories?
(8) What, then, do you say, why not create meaningful memories?

Finally, could you give me the following information? Of course, the data
below is used only for the academic research.

Sex, Age, The place you are from, Job

Kota Nishiwaki
 

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Language Family(ies): Indo-European



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