YES # almost development closedness (van Oostrom 1997) Consider the left-linear TRS R: f(g(x,a(),b())) -> x g(f(h(c(),d())),x,y) -> h(k1(x),k2(y)) k1(a()) -> c() k2(b()) -> d() f(h(k1(a()),k2(b()))) -> f(h(c(),d())) f(h(c(),k2(b()))) -> f(h(c(),d())) f(h(k1(a()),d())) -> f(h(c(),d())) R is left-linear and every critical pair is almost development closed