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Dwight is writing a letter to his friend Jim. He wants his writing to sound impressive, so he uses the thesaurus function on his computer to change some of the words. He changes the sentence My character on the soap opera was killed to My moral fiber on the soap opera was defeated. Dwight has changed ____ of the sentence.
 
  a. only the surface structure
  b. only the deep structure
  c. both the surface structure and the deep structure
  d. neither the surface structure nor the deep structure

Question 2

Serdar really gets annoyed with Umit when Umit says you pig out to him because he does not know that pigging out means eating a lot. Rather, Serdar thinks that Umit is cursing at him. This miscommunication between Serdar and Umit is a result of the ____.
 
  a. deep structure not being communicated well
  b. surface structure not being communicated well
  c. incorrect use of morphemes
  d. incorrect use of syntax



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stillxalice

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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
a




xclash

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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