Comments on: I have an idea why http://noncompositional.com/2006/05/i-have-an-idea-why/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:04:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Russell http://noncompositional.com/2006/05/i-have-an-idea-why/comment-page-1/#comment-24716 Russell Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:53:09 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2006/05/i-have-an-idea-why/#comment-24716 <p>Oh, the prepositionless version under a conditional sounds very strange to me. In fact, if it has a sensible reading (maybe it does), then it has to be counterfactual.</p> <p>If he had an idea who that guy was, he wouldn't be sitting so close.</p> <p>As for the conflicting judgements...well, what can I say? Maybe I was feeling over-sensitive that day. I still feel something is strange about my starred sentences, though it's not necessarily "grammaticality" in the narrow sense.</p> Oh, the prepositionless version under a conditional sounds very strange to me. In fact, if it has a sensible reading (maybe it does), then it has to be counterfactual.

If he had an idea who that guy was, he wouldn’t be sitting so close.

As for the conflicting judgements…well, what can I say? Maybe I was feeling over-sensitive that day. I still feel something is strange about my starred sentences, though it’s not necessarily “grammaticality” in the narrow sense.

]]> By: WNSalmon http://noncompositional.com/2006/05/i-have-an-idea-why/comment-page-1/#comment-24498 WNSalmon Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:56:22 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2006/05/i-have-an-idea-why/#comment-24498 <p>Hello, I happened across your blog and couldn't help leaving a comment. Anyway, the starred example and question-marked example below are perfectly fine for me.</p> <p>*I’ve got an idea who that guy was. ?I’ve got some idea who that guy was.</p> <p>Also, regarding this line: "consider why preposition-deletion should be licenced in the same locations as NPIs are..."</p> <p>I was wondering what you thought about preposition-deletion in conditionals, which also license NPIs, but don't seem to care whether or not the preposition is deleted?</p> <p>If he had any money, he'd be at the bar.</p> <p>If he had an idea who that guy was, he wasn't telling me about it. If he had an idea of who that guy was, he wasn't telling me about it.</p> <p>The conditionals with and without prepositions are fine for me.</p> Hello, I happened across your blog and couldn’t help leaving a comment. Anyway, the starred example and question-marked example below are perfectly fine for me.

*I’ve got an idea who that guy was. ?I’ve got some idea who that guy was.

Also, regarding this line: “consider why preposition-deletion should be licenced in the same locations as NPIs are…”

I was wondering what you thought about preposition-deletion in conditionals, which also license NPIs, but don’t seem to care whether or not the preposition is deleted?

If he had any money, he’d be at the bar.

If he had an idea who that guy was, he wasn’t telling me about it. If he had an idea of who that guy was, he wasn’t telling me about it.

The conditionals with and without prepositions are fine for me.

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