Michael Hamm 'msh210'    777633 Mon, 15 Dec 03 02:44 PM Ray Heindl (Email Removed) wrote, in part: "Interpreting "Who are you, Nero Wolfe?" as addressing Mr. Wolfe(1) doesn't seem terribly natural to me. The difference is in which word is stressed; asking if someone thinks he's Wolfe would require stressing the "you", whereas in addressing Wolfe I would stress the "are"." I think the difference is more in the tune (or whatever it's called) of the sentence. Michael Hamm http://math.wustl.edu/~msh210/ Michael Hamm 'msh210... Sentences

	Stewart Gordon    777676 Mon, 15 Dec 03 03:26 PM While it was 12/12/03 10:16 pm throughout the UK, Ray Heindl sprinkled little black dots on a white screen, and they fell thus: "Interpreting "Who are you, Nero Wolfe?" as addressing Mr. Wolfe(1) doesn't seem terribly natural to me. The difference is in which word is stressed; asking if someone thinks he's Wolfe would require stressing the "you", whereas in addressing Wolfe I would stress the "are"." IMM, the "asking if someone thinks he's Wolfe" interpretation would mean stressing the name. Stewart. My e-mail is valid but not my primary mailbox, aside from its being the unfortunate victim of intensive mail-bombing at the moment. Please keep replies on the 'group where everyone may benefit. Stewart Gordon Colours

	Ray Heindl    777931 Mon, 15 Dec 03 10:40 PM "While it was 12/12/03 10:16 pm throughout the UK, Ray Heindl sprinkled little black dots on a white screen, and they fell thus:" "Interpreting "Who are you, Nero Wolfe?" as addressing Mr. Wolfe(1) ... "you", whereas in addressing Wolfe I would stress the "are"." "IMM, the "asking if someone thinks he's Wolfe" interpretation would mean stressing the name." Good point. I was too fixated on the first part of the sentence. Ray Heindl (remove the Xs to reply) Ray Heindl Sentences, Colours