One may object: if the clauses are semantically connected, why not coordinate them? The answer is that semantic affinity is necessary in some cases but not sufficient. The proposed coordination must also be free from a misleading syntactic implication.
The hallmark of this case is that coordination can look initially reasonable while distorting the speaker’s intended structure. One must consider the wording, neighboring constituents, and communicative intention together.
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Faṣl: Substitution, Quasi-Complete Connection and Quasi-Complete Disjunction
One may object: if the clauses are semantically connected, why not coordinate them? The answer is that semantic affinity is necessary in some cases but not sufficient. The proposed coordination must also be free from a misleading syntactic implication.
The hallmark of this case is that coordination can look initially reasonable while distorting the speaker’s intended structure. One must consider the wording, neighboring constituents, and communicative intention together.