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There can be little doubt that there exists a process in English which deletes objects in sentences such as (1). We will call such processes Object Deletion (OD).1
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Another possibility, that the complements are sentences with unfilled subjects, will be examined below. For additional arguments supporting the existence of VP complements, see Lees (1960), Emonds (1970), Newmeyer (1969), and Bresnan (1970).
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Lasnik, H., Fiengo, R. (1989). Complement Object Deletion 1974. In: Essays on Anaphora. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2542-7_3
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