2. What is wrong with the following rule of English syntactic structure? “A prepositional phrase rewrites as a preposition followed by a noun.”
produces both grammatical structures (near London) and ungrammatical structures (*near tree), which is not a well-formed English structure
3. Is the following expression is structurally or lexical ambiguous in what way? (a) These are designed for small boys and girls.
structurally ambiguous, because it can mean “for small boys and (all) girls” OR “for small boys and small girls.”
3. Is the following expression is structurally or lexical ambiguous in what way? (b) The parents of the bride and groom were waiting outside.
structurally ambiguous, because it can mean parents of the bride and (the parents of the) groom OR parents of the bride and (the) groom (without his parents)
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