Part A What main, or most important, claim does the writer attempt to prove
in the passage?
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A. The city should provide a skate park for youngsters.
now
B. The old band shell is not a convenient location for a new
skate park.
C. The city should encourage safe behavior among youngsters.
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D. The city should build a skate park at the fountain, not at the
band shell.
case
Part B
Click on the highlighted quotation from the passage in which the writer

Walter is the answer c:

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).