You are writing a research paper on pollution in the united states. you want to prove that the popularity of the suv is to blame for most of the pollution. how would you organize your paper to argue this point effectively? a. you would organize your paper by presenting the cause and the effect. b. you would organize your paper by presenting the problem and the solution. c. you would organize your paper by comparing and contrasting. d. you would organize your paper by presenting facts and opinions.

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).

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