Answer to Question #219608 in English for Rara

Question

2. Explain why the following sentences are ungrammatical, based on the lexical entries of the predicates in the following sentences.

(i) a. John seems to rain.

b. John is likely to appear that he will win the game.

c. "Beth tried for Bill to ask a question.

d. He believed there to be likely that he won the game.

e. "It is likely to seem to be arrogant.

f Sandy appears that Kim is happy.

g. "Dana would be unlikely for Pat to be called upon.

h. "Robin is nothing in the box.

i. It said that Kim was happy.

i. There preferred for Sandy to get the iob.

Answer 1

a. In the sentence, the affirmative action has not been indicating well in the clause basing on the doer of the action and the time when the action took place.

b. The use of the helping verb has undermined the appearance of phrase-containing verbs as it has hindered the whole arrangement of the sentence.

c. The lexical entry tried for concerning punctuation of the sentence depicts grammatical mistakes to indicate the doer of the action.

d. The lexical words describing the hope and possibilities have been

e. The phrase likely to seem depicts some ties in their message conveyance.

f. The clause Sandy appearing, does not correspond to the second clause that Kim is happy in a way that the verb ‘appear’ is carries a different implication as that of Kim’s happiness.

g. The contradiction between impossibility through use of unlikely varies from the use of verb that implies possibility ‘be’.

h. The auxiliary verb ‘is’ does not match with the sentence as it emphasizes the doer indicating the receiver of the action.

i.  There is no clarification in the demonstration of the doer of the action in the clause. The use of the ‘it’ instead of using the actual name of the person who conveyed the message has led to appearance grammatical errors in the sentence.

j. There for place indication has been used instead of ‘their’ for possession.