Attraction

Attraction may refer to:

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Attraction (horse)

Attraction (foaled 19 February 2001) is a retired British racehorse who was bred in Scotland and trained in England. She won several important races and was the first horse to win both the 1000 Guineas and the Irish 1000 Guineas. In a career which lasted from 2003 to 2005 she ran fifteen times and won ten races. She was also well known for her unusual and distinctive action.

Background

Attraction was bred by her owner the Duke of Roxburghe at his stud at Floors Castle, near Kelso, Scotland. She is one of many good horses sired by Efisio and is half-sister to several minor winners.

Attraction's status as a thoroughbred is slightly contentious, as, unlike the overwhelming majority of racehorses, her family cannot be traced back to one of the accepted foundation mares. The family was therefore considered "half-bred", until it was admitted to the General Stud Book in 1969.

Attraction was born with crooked forelegs, a flaw that became even more apparent when she galloped. Because of this, her breeder believed that it would be impossible to sell her, and decided to race her under his own colours. Her action was variously described as resembling "a helicopter" and "a demented haymaker wielding a scythe", while one of her prospective trainers said that "it looked as though God had taken a day off when he created her",. She was eventually sent into training with Mark Johnston at Middleham, North Yorkshire.

Attraction (grammar)

Attraction in linguistics can refer to Case Attraction or to Agreement Attraction.

Agreement Attraction

Agreement Attraction occurs when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject. This most commonly occurs with complex subject noun phrases, but can also occur in other configurations:

The head of the subject noun phrase, "efforts", is plural, but the verb appears in a singular form.

Case Attraction

Case Attraction is the process by which a relative pronoun takes on—that is, is "attracted to"—the case of its antecedent, rather than having the case appropriate to its function in the relative clause. For example, in this English sentence, the relative pronoun has the appropriate case, namely, the accusative:

This sentence, on the other hand, shows attraction:

Because the antecedent, "[of] the man", is possessive, the relative pronoun has become possessive too. Attraction is a theoretical process in standard English, but is common in the Greek of the Septuagint and also occurs in the New Testament.