The spanish flu would kill between 40 and 50 million people—more people than were killed in the war. the pandemic affected everyone—and spread everywhere. outbreaks swept through north america, europe, asia, africa, brazil, and the south pacific. at one point, one-fifth of the entire globe was infected. the reason this passage was included in the body of the article is because it provides a. claim b. evidence c. rebuttal d. research.

B. evidence

Explanation:

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).