As we see from the examples in (55): (55) (a) John will put [_(NP) the car] _(PP) in the garage (b) ^✽John will put _(NP) the car (c) ^✽John will put _(PP) in the garage (d) ^✽John will put the Verb put subcategorizes (i.e. ‘takesʼ) obligatory NP and PP complements (to simplify exposition here, we ignore the fact that the subcategorization properties of put may be predictable from its thematic properties, and from general word-order principles such as the STRICT ADJACENCY CONDITION).

But by drawing lines known as isoflors we may approximate the positions of Eocene isotherms. These lines connect floras of the same general composition, which are assumed to indicate, as do similar floras to-day, essentially the same climatic background. The isoflor connecting the localities where subtropical floras have been recorded, as shown by Fig. 9, swings up the west coast of Europe into England, then turns southward into France and trends in a southeasterly direction, with a bulge north over the Black Sea […]

Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.

Their thicknesses vary wildly; splotches hover over skewjawed jabs.