Dylan:
#On Friday 07 February 2003 09:14, Joseph Hilferty wrote:
#<SNIP>
#> And I finally stumbled across:
#>
#> - She thought about them, her friends, and him, her
#> false love.
#
#Isn't this:
#
#She thought about [ { them, her friends,] and [him, her false love.] }
#
#rather than
#
#{[She thought about them, her friends,] and [him, <e> her false love.] }
#
#?
It could be either, but context makes clear that your appositional
nongapping reading is correct:
"Laying on her bed, she thought.
She thought about them, her friends, and him, her false love. It
hurt. She didn't want to hurt anymore. She started to wonder who
would miss her if she was gone."
--And
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