Question

1. Check or find out whether each of the following examples is grammatical or ungrammatical. For each ungrammatical one, provide at least one (informal) reason for its ungrammaticality, according to your intuitions or ideas. (2 pontos)
(i) a. Kim and Sandy is looking for a new bicycle.
b. I have never put the book.
c. The boat floated down the river sank.
d. Chris must liking syntax.
e. There is eager to be fifty students in this class.
f. What is John eager to do?
g. What is John easy to do?
h. Is the boy who holding the plate can see the girl?
i. Which chemical did you mix the hydrogen peroxide and?
j. There seem to be a good feeling developing among the students.
k. Strings have been pulled many times to get students into that university.

Answer 1

Resposta:

a. ungrammatical - The sentence should be "Kim and Sandy are looking..." because "Kim and Sandy" is plural.

b. Não percebi a frase desculpe

c. Não percebi também

d. ungrammatical - The sentence should be "Chris must like syntax.", because with a modal verb we can´t use present continuous.

e. Não percebi

f. Grammatical

g. Ungrammatical - The sentence should be " What is easy for John to do?"

h. Ungrammatical - The sentence should be " The boy, who is holding the plate, is seeing the girl?" because in this case the verb needs to be after who

i. Não entendi

j. Grammatical I think

k. Grammatical I think

Explicação:

Desculpe por não ter respondido a todas, mas espero ter ajudado.