Read this text, which Rhonda is planning to use in an argumentative essay in favor of pet ownership. “Many people don’t know that owning a pet is actually good for your health,” claims Dr. Ella Charmin, who has been a veterinarian for more than twenty years.
What type of evidence is this?
Select one:

a quote

a detail

a fact

a reason

The answer would be A detail

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).

what sentence

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