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On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 12:45:44PM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > > > > The mouse the cat the dog bit chased died.
> > > >
> > > >  Out of pure masochistic curiousity, what the **** does that
> > > >  sentence mean?
> > > 
> > > The mouse which was chased by the cat which was bit by the dog
> > > died.
> > 
> > Where did you get the rule that says you can do that?
> 
> *Rule*?
> 
> Perhaps your talking about a different English.  *My* English
> doesn't have the rules written down anywhere.
> 
> However, note that this is just a more extreme case of "The car the
> old man had was blue".  Verbal cadence makes a huge difference in
> cases like this.

That is the rule that allows you to delete 'that' in certain cases. I
understand now. Thanks

--Xavier Shirin