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Diane

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According to Chomsky, which of the following is true of the deep structure of a sentence?
 
  a. It refers directly to the sentence as it is heard.
  b. It must be taken into account to resolve some ambiguous sentences.
  c. It is the most basic aspect of phrase structure grammar.
  d. It is an unnecessary element of transformational grammar.

Question 2

Which of the following changes does not require a transformation rule?
 
  a. rewriting a sentence as noun phrase and a verb phrase
  b. rewriting an active sentence as a passive sentence
  c. rewriting a positive statement as a negative statement
  d. rewriting an assertion as a question


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stillxalice

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A


Diane

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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