Question

Which of these sentences would result from applying the rule: NP Aux VP ⇒ Aux

          NP VP?
          
      (a) John will follow Mary.                        (c) Can George see the dog?
      (b) You knew that Cathy helped the boy.  (d) Should you believe that Mary saw it?

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Explanation:1 What is the “all and only” criterion? (This means that our analysis must account for all the grammatically correct phrases and sentences and only those grammatically correct phrases and sentences in whatever language we are analyzing). 2 Do phrase structure rules represent deep structure or surface structure? (deep structure) 3 In what ways are these expressions structurally ambiguous?(a)The parents of the bride and groom were waiting outside. (i) The parents of both bride and groom were waiting outside.