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Details on
Types and Length of Gerundives; 
Appositives, and Post-Positioned Adjectives
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Figures are per main clause. 
"W/" is the average number of words for the infinitive phrases in the preceding column

Group Give
Tot		 W/ Give
L		 W/ Give
M		 W/ Give
R		 W/ App W/ Post
PA		 W/
Writing by Students in K-12
G3 (SS) -               -   -  
G4(1986) 1.0 1.0         1.0 1.0 4.4 1.1    
G5 (SS) 2.0 1.8         2.0 1.8 2.7 1.0    
G6 (SS)                        
G7(1986) 1.0 .7 .1 .1     .9 .7 3.9 1.1 .4 .2
G8 (SS) -               3.2 .9    
G9(1986)                        
College Students
Group Give
Tot		 W/ Give
L		 W/ Give
M		 W/ Give
R		 W/ App W/ Post
PA		 W/
1995-PR                        
1995-P1                        
1995-P4                        
CF(Alum)                        
Adults
Jokes                        
Fables 18.3 4.1 3.5 1.5 4.3 1.8 10.5 2.7 1.0 .2 2.3 .4
Novelists 18.2 10.6     3.0 2.7 15.2 12.8 16.0 4.9 2.4 .7