<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div></div><blockquote type="cite">Syntax: the subject does verb to the object. I don't know
anything about what just happened.<br>
<p>Semantics: I know everything about what just happened, but I
don't know how you've formulated a sentence to express it.</p></blockquote><br><div>As someone with minimal formal linguistics background, I just wanted to chine in and say that I am appreciative for the detailed explanation of the differences between semantics and syntax, of the agent/action vs subject/verb distinctions.</div><div><br></div><div>The last several posts in this thread have been highly enlightening.</div><div><br></div><div>—jevreH</div></body></html>