What Do People Think About Think?

A new sense of the verb think has recently developed in the\ud English language, new because think can now take a direct object\ud that is a noun phrase, without requiring an object complement.\ud The question addressed in this study was whether processing\ud sentences with think + D.O. is more difficult than processing those\ud with the older forms. The answer to this question seems to be a\ud function of how acceptable this form of think is today, as\ud determined by analyzing response times and subject evaluations.\ud There was evidence that processing this form is indeed more\ud difficult, though this is manifested only in relatively short\ud sentences. The new think is thus somewhat accepted, but not\ud completely so. Subject evaluations of better and worse think +\ud D.O. constructions indicate that this form is common enough that\ud people have definite restrictions on just what environments it can\ud occur in. These restrictions further imply a distinct semantic\ud meaning associated with the new think as compared to its older\ud senses

Will Federal Environmental Regulation be Permitted to Infringe on State Vested Water Rights?

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Will Federal Environmental Regulation be Permitted to Infringe on State Vested Water Rights?

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