In this excerpt, what unusual belief does Usher hold?

In this excerpt, what unusual belief does Usher hold? A) He believes that forms of matter are capable of having senses.

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).

he can eat everything and drink whatever he wants

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