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The 1986 Study

Record Number: W4N10
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     \-\There are five people {in my family} my mom,#App02 my dad#App02 and my two brothers#App04\R\their names are Ray and Paul.=CC \-\I live {at 328 Sandy Dr.} \-\First I think [RNDOI will start {with my dad.}]\-\My dad works {at Optimal Arts.} \-\He travels pretty much. \-\He goes all {over the place} asking*GiveR06 {for money} {for his company.} \-\My dad's name is Bill. \-\I will talk {about my mom.} \-\Well#Inj01 she is pretty tall \C\and she is also pretty. \-\Everyday#NuA01 she stays home#NuA01 and watches=CV my brother {except [RNOPwhen he goes {to preschool.}]} \-\My mom's name is Sarah. \-\I will talk {about my big brother.} \-\He likes to play*INFDO05 golf a lot.#NuA02\-\His best is an eighty-two {on eighteen holes} {from the men's tee's.} \-\And that is good {from the men's tee's.} \-\My brother is 13 \-\His name is Ray. \F\Now my little brother Paul.#App01 \-\He can be a really pain sometimes. \-\LikeNote#1[LAVFwhen I am talking {on the phone} and sitting=CV{on the sofa}] he starts jumping*GerDO04{on the sofa} \C\and I start bouncing*GerDO04 up and down. \-\But I like him a lot.#NuA02\-\He is three years#NuA02 old. \-\His name is Paul.
     \-\I will talk {about myself.}  \-\Well#Inj01 I like playing*GerDO02 golf also. \-\My best score {on eighteen holes} is an eighty-six {from the ladie's tee's.} \-\That is really good {for me.} \-\My best {from the men's tee's} {on nine holes} is a forty-six {on the hardest nine.}\-\I am nine years#NuA02 old. \-\I will talk {about Dierdorf Pupper Walter.}\-\Well#Inj01 he is a four legged creature \-\He is a dog. \-\He has brown and black fur. \-\I like him a lot.#NuA02 \-\He is eleven years#NuA02 old. \-\Yesterday was his birthday. 
     \-\My house is mosty made=PV {of bricks} \C\and the other part is made=PV{out of something else} \R\I don't know [RNDOwhat it is] though. \-\I live {at 423 Sandy Drive.} \-\My house is pretty big. \-\We have a big back yard. \-\I have the biggest bedroom {in the house} {out of five rooms.} \-\Our basement is big. \-\We have a pinball machine and a big ping-pong table.=CC\-\Most {of the time} I stay downstairs. \F\[RAVFBecause it is cool {down there.}] \-\[LAVFAfter I come in [RAVFwhen it is hot outside]] I go down {in the basement.} \-\Then I get cold [RAVFso I go upstairs.] \-\My brother's room is the second biggest {in the house.}\-\My parent's room is {down the hall} [RAVFwhen you walk in.]\-\My little brothers room is {in the hall} also. \-\So is the bathroom. \-\We have a living room and a family room=CC and a kitchen.=CC\-\Well#Inj01 that is all {about my house.}

Notes

1. "Like" here could be considered as an interjection. Although grammarians usually don't consider it as such, it is often so used in speech ("Like WOW") Note that is is probably used here in place of "For example"  -- The sentence presents an example of why the brother is a pain.