The professor herself wanted to attend the conference, but it was cancelled when she and several other presenters had to excuse themselves. which underlined word functions as a reflexive pronoun in the sentence

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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your answer is a. ethical, emotional, and rational.

in order for someone to believe what you say it has to be ethical (morally correct). it should appeal to their emotions, and it must be rationally approving.

also, the other answer is incorrect.

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the correct answer should be a