Vivisector

Yes.

Kosh

Then we should also consider that it's just the prep phrase syndrom. Ie, prep phrases can be removed and the sentence still makes sense.

"I drove my truck from Denver to California and stopped in the valley while I was still driving"

would yield

"I drove my truck and stopped while I was still driving".

But that doesn't mean the bit about the valley was a later interpolation.

Vivisector

Exactly.

As another example, from a paragraph in a recent op-ed in USA Today,

Two snapshots from a recent tourist trip to Europe: We are in Prague, the lovely and lively capital of the Czech Republic, where the bars and cafes are full, the glitzy crystal and art shops are busy, and the dozens of historic cathedrals and churches are largely empty — except for gawking tourists snapping photos. In The Prague Post, an English-language weekly newspaper, a front-page article reports, in titillating detail, how the city has become Europe's new capital for pornographic filmmaking, while an op-ed examines why only 19% of the people in this once-religious country believe that God exists.

can be edited as

Two snapshots from Europe: We are in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, where the bars and cafes are full, the crystal and art shops are busy, and the dozens of cathedrals and churches are largely empty — except for tourists snapping photos. In The Prague Post, a front-page article reports, in detail, how the city has become Europe's new capital for pornographic filmmaking, while an op-ed examines why only 19% of the people in this once-religious country believe that God exists.

or even

The Prague Post reports how the city has become Europe's new capital for pornographic filmmaking.

Cheers,

V.