Keeping Dependencies Close to Each Other

George Miller's observation that we can only hold like seven, five or seven or nine things in our conscious attention still roughly holds true. He said that you break down nine things, but you might also break down five just depends on the things, the circumstances. This is something that one of my favorite observations in about English,. I would argue if I were I ever to dip my toe into syntax in English, I would have a very functional theory of syntax.