| In a message dated 8/31/2001 12:10:09 PM Central Daylight Time,
a.rosta@dtn.ntl.com writes: *He believes what the fuck he hears. But "believes" can't tak an indirect question at all, so that doesn't help in this case: e.g. *He believes who the murderer is. (Note, all of these are OK with a certain intonation pattern, too.) <"He sees what he likes." a poor choice. See also means "understand", and allows an interrogative complement in that sense.> Maybe, but the ambiguity of "what he likes" remains even if the sense is restricted to "visually perceives." <The interrogative/relative distinction is a problem only in that it confuses some people who fail to recognize it. That is, it's a very superficial problem.> And so a problem for us until we are sure that we are always recognizing it. Since we still don't have a test for it in English, it remains possible that it lies behind some of the aberrant cases in trying to deal with indirect whatsis. |