Exercise 8
Consider the contrast between sentences (a) and (b) in the following sentences. How do you account for the differences in grammaticality?
| (1) | a. | *Up the letter John tore. |
| b. | The letter, John tore up. | |
| (2) | a. | *Whose did you meet mother? |
| b. | Whose mother did you meet? | |
| (3) | a. | *Friends were financially supported of the President. |
| b. | Friends of the President were financially supported. | |
| (4) | a. | *The fact surprised everybody that he had resigned. |
| b. | The fact that he had resigned surprised everybody. |