HELP (15 POINTS) 1. In the article "F in Grammar? Maybe It’s Your Phone’s Fault," what two personality characteristics does the author Cena Babineaux attribute to job applicants by finding errors in their formal writing?

2. Do you feel this is a fair way to judge a job candidate? Use evidence from either article to support our answer.

3. Please reread the analogy below found in the beginning of the article "Do You Speak American – The Truth About Change" and explain its meaning by paraphrasing the language change concepts found in either article.

"Language sows its own seeds of change, and social context offers fertile ground for its growth and spread."

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).

3 is blunder, i’m not sure about the last one but the first two look correct

remember, the goal of an adjective clause is to add more information to a noun or a pronoun. as you can see from the examples above, you can add information by including a longer adjective clause or tighten up a sentence by turning the adjective clause into an adjective phrase.