What caused the number of zooplankton in the Hudson River to increase? *

The impact of the zebra mussel invasion was changing. If there were fewer large zebra mussels, it made sense that there was more zooplankton. That's because large zebra mussels feed on bigger food particles like zooplankton. Smaller zebra mussels can eat only smaller particles like phytoplankton and bacteria.

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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).

she doesnt want to fail her mother again

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