Which statement best uses the term as defined in definition #2?

Word: staple, n or v

1. small metal fastener

2. necessary object

3. a basic ingredient in a recipe

4. a fiber or wool, cotton, or other cloth

a. The student didn't use a staple, so the pages of her report were very disorganized.

b. Staples are a staple in any teacher's desk.

c. All-purpose flour, sugar, baking soda, and baking powder are staples in every quality cookie dough.

d. It takes many wool staples to form a single fleece.

d. pushing his plate away from the edge of the table idk what the other guy was trying to

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).

a) madame podtochina used witchcraft to make it disappear.

that is true because that is something they fulfill for their work.