What is Shakespeare?
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William Shakespeare was a famous playwright, born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He later moved to London to pursue his playwriting career. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. The term "Shakespeare" often also refers to his plays - e.g. "This term, we will be studying some Shakespeare".

Explanation:

Shakespeare was a world renowned author, play writer, and poet. One of his most known plays is, "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet".  Shakespeare was born in 1546 and died in 1616.

alone =having no one else present.

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).