What kind of usage is the following sentence? the ate cow brown the grass.
a. ungrammatical usage
b. nonstandard usage
c. grammatical usage
d. standard usage

The correct answer is A. Ungrammatical usage

Explanation:

An ungrammatical usage or ungrammatical construction refer to sentence that do not follow grammatical rules and that because of this are s considered as incorrect. This usage differs from nonstandard usage because in nonstandard usage words and sentences are used in an unconventional way but are still accepted and does not necessarily imply the use of sentences with grammatical inconsistencies. Considering this, the sentence "The ate cow brown the grass" is part of ungrammatical usage because according to grammar sentences usually began by a noun which, are followed by an action and in some cases include other words that describe the action, also the adjective "brown" should be placed before the word "cow", this means the correct sentence is "The brown cow ate the grass" and therefore in the original sentence almost all elements are placed incorrectly which makes this sentence have inconsistencies in grammar and therefore part of ungrammatical usage.

often a noun phrase is just a noun or a pronoun:

people like to have money.

i am tired.

it is getting late.