Paragraph #1
Mechanics and tone
Corrected problem: the results are good and useful to the English users as they enable better understanding.
Plagiarized part: after the conclusion of all the four tests, one common conclusion is arrived at. The conclusion is that for a string of words to behave as synthetic constituents, they should contain a preposition followed by a noun phrase.
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Paragraph #2
Content
Correction: car is not a noun phrase but just a noun.
Plagiarized part: despite having different structures, (2) or (3) can give a valid response to the question (1). It reveals how Cheok gets to the airport, hence appropriately answering the question because they contain the same underlined string by car .
Paragraph #3
Logical Argumentation
Corrected problem: the second test of a syntactic constituency that I consider is how different versions of the same sentence can be formed by moving syntactic constituents around. However, a noun followed by a phrase does not behave like a syntactic constituent since certain verbs like aimlessly can be moved around without changing the meaning.
Plagiarized part: in example 4, aimlessly , which is the manner adverb, positions itself between the noun phrase the unforgiving desert and the preposition across and the noun phrase the unforgiving desert .
Paragraph #4
Cohesion and structure
Corrected problem & plagiarized part: it, therefore, implies that when a noun phrase follows a preposition, it is a syntactic constituent and can therefore draw reference from other phrases and words, such as there .
Paragraph #5
The fifth test for the syntactic constituency is the omission constituency test. When words are omitted from a sentence without making it ungrammatical, they form a syntactic constituent. From sentence (10), the NP is Peter . To the market , in the afternoon , and with John are all PP constituents. In each of sentences (11), (12), and (13), two of the PP constituents have been omitted. Their omission has however not made the sentences ungrammatical.
(10) Peter is going to the market in the afternoon with john.
(11) Peter is going to the market.
(12) Peter is going in the afternoon.
(13) Peter is going with john.
