In the sentence, Tom said that Bill had taken the cleaning out yesterday, we tend to attach the adverb yesterday to Bill had taken, rather than Tom said . This is an example of the:

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The late closure strategy suggests that when interpreting a sentence, new elements are attached to the clause or phrase currently being processed rather than to a previous one. In the given sentence, "yesterday" is attached to the most recent clause "Bill had taken the cleaning out," which is an example of late closure.

In the Sentence, Tom Said That Bill Had Taken the Cleaning