Which sentence maintains a consistent point of view a) shelly thought about what to buy . i was out of money and had to call my mom. b) i walked out of the mall. i was out of money and had to call my mom . c) as peter drove the car to the mall, i was scared i would crash it. d) he wondered if it would rain because i thought it smelled like it might. !

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).

odysseus shows many acts of bravery in homer's epic poem the odyssey. first, he shows bravery when he tricks polyphemus, the cyclops, and gouges out his eye. this is an act of bravery. it will also cost him because polyphemus was the son of poseidon, the god of the sea.

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