A. B.
1 why might the author have included the examples in the first paragraph? Choose all
that apply.
to show what a loss it would be if one of the languages were to die out
to stress the importance of foreign language use in the military
to illustrate how different languages contribute to society
D. to show how languages have evolved over time
to explain how different languages often sound
C.
E.

idkdk

explanation:

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).

i think the answer is d.