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From: drg@rlvd.UUCP (Duncan R. Gibson)
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Subject: Re: Singular/ Plural determiners in coordinate NPs
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Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 05:57:17 EDT
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It seems to me that in all of the examples quoted, of the form
	This/These x and y are ...
that "this" is the appropriate word to use since the sentences imply
	This x is ... *and* this y is ...
The exapmples given are abbreviations for *two* sentences, not one sentence
containing a collective subject.

(I hope I've managed to express what I mean :-)