There was of noise because it was such a big party. A) a lot B)many

The answer is A.

Explanation:

A lot is used when an object is uncountable such as a lot of water or a lot of rice where water and rice cannot be counted.

Many is used for countable object such as many people or many rooms.

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).

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