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<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Washington</strong><br />
Ling472 Introduction to Computational Linguistics<br />
Lecture 1:<br />
Introduction<br />
Artificiality <strong>of</strong> prescriptive rules<br />
• Fill in the blanks: he/his, they/their, or<br />
something else?<br />
Everyone insisted that __ record was unblemished.<br />
Everyone drives __ own car to work.<br />
Everyone was happy because __ passed the test.<br />
Everyone left the room, didn’t __ ?<br />
Everyone left early. __ seemed happy to get home.<br />
Slide: Bender, Sag, Wasow 2003<br />
Monday, April 1, 2013<br />
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