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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:22, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Comparative illusion

 * ... that Escher sentences like "More people have been to Russia than I have" are often initially perceived as perfectly ordinary and meaningful despite actually being ungrammatical nonsense? All the refs, really but to pick one: "Presented with the sentence in (1) [More people have been to Russia than I have.], native English speakers typically report that it is a perfectly acceptable sentence of their language. Yet, upon closer reflection, these same speakers judge that it has no stable, meaningful interpretation. Sentences of this form have come to be called ‘comparative illusions’ (CIs) or ‘Escher sentences’: they have only the appearance of well-formedness." (Wellwood et al., 2018:1)
 * Reviewed: Did you know nominations/Stanwood station (this became a double nomination and it is my second use of this as a QPQ)

Moved to mainspace by Umimmak (talk). Self-nominated at 23:18, 24 November 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg The second half of the section "Other grammatical factors" isn't sourced. --Moscow Connection (talk) 22:08, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
 * added; thanks for catching that. Are you planning to review this or was that just a passing note? Umimmak (talk) 23:08, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'm reviewing it. (Actually, I've already read the article.) Wait a minute. --Moscow Connection (talk) 23:34, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg The article is new enough and long enough. The hook is supported by the cited sources (Hurford, etc.). --Moscow Connection (talk) 23:56, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Umimmak (talk) 00:52, 3 December 2018 (UTC)