Which passage from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the most characteristic of gothic literature“Black mail I suppose; an honest man paying through the nose for some of the capers of his youth.”

the answer to this question is c.

answer: i feel like it would be group discussion

explanation:

a) walter looks unhealthy

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).