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"Which book did you file ___ [without reading ___]?"

Modern theories suggest certain phrases are "phases" that become invisible to the rest of the sentence once completed. 2. The Information Structure View Islands

"Who did you see [a picture of ___]?" (The phrase is the object). "Which book did you file ___ [without reading ___]

Subjects usually provide "old" information (the background). Trying to pull a "new" focus out of a backgrounded subject creates a mental clash. Islands

Once a subject moves to its final position, its internal structure is "frozen" and cannot be accessed.