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Sentence Complexity and EmbeddingCompounding
Activity 13.3: Answers Study these sentences and note which ones are grammatical and which aren’t by putting an asterisk in front of the ungrammatical sentences. Next circle the conjunctions in each and then underline the two constituents that the conjunctions connect. Try to explain to yourself what is abnormal about the ungrammatical sentences. 1. He likes both coffee and tea.*2. He likes both coffee and likes tea. 3. We’ll go to either a movie or the concert. ?4. We’ll go to either a movie, or we’ll go to the concert. 5. A large and slow turtle walked across the road. *6. A large and slowly turtle walked across the road. ?7. Thunder boomed suddenly and loud while we were watching TV. 
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