Following are three observations about this sentence. Match each observation with the kind of understanding of grammar that might produce it.
a. traditional/prescriptive grammar
b. structural grammar
c. transformational grammar
1.
The sentence exhibits the following structure:
N(oun) P(hrase) + be verb + Adj(ective) P(hrase)
2.
This is a correct sentence. It would be wrong to write The boy is anxious to please. Anxious and eager mean two different things.
3.
The sentence exhibits the following structure:
N(oun) P(hrase) + be verb + Adj(ective) P(hrase).
However, native speakers of English know that the deep structure of the sentence, as opposed to this surface structure, is radically different from a sentence that looks superficially the same:
The boy is easy to please.
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