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Proportions of Naturally Occurring Noun Phrases
| Indefinite
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | Bare | Article or other indefinite descriptor | Definite |
| Subjects of main clauses(164 sentences) | .26 | .25 | .49 |
| Heads of reduced relatives (312 sentences) | .39 | .38 | .24 |
| Heads of nonreduced relatives (174 sentences) | .35 | .39 | .27 |
