Contentious. con. ten. tious. [ kun ten shush]. adjective. [ middle english, from anglo-french, from latin contenti? sus]. 1. likely to make someone argue. 2. involving a lot of arguing. 3. willing to argue or disagree. use the dictionary entry for contentious to answer the questions below. how many syllables does the word have? what is the word's part of speech? what is the origin of the word? which definition is the most common? which syllable is stressed?

Three

Adjective

Latin

1

the second

Explanation:

Did it in edge

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).

answer: gfdhfghfghfghfg

explanation:

hfghfghgfhfg