High School

For each of the following strings of words that do not form sentences in English, indicate whether they are syntactically ill-formed because of word order, a violation of co-occurrence requirements, or both.

a. sleeps Sally
b. Sally is girl
c. Polly is fond of
d. is fond of cats Polly
e. Bob convinced
f. Sally beer drinks
g. Polly gave the book Tom
h. Sally said me that she would be there
i. bought I this present for
j. Sally and arrived

Answer :

Final answer:

The phrases in question exhibit errors in word order and co-occurrence requirements. Proper English syntax generally follows a subject-verb-object structure and requires sentences to be complete with articles, objects, and other necessary grammatical components.

Explanation:

The strings of words presented each have issues related to either word order, co-occurrence requirements, or both.

Sleeps Sally: This phrase has an incorrect word order. The conventional English sentence structure is subject-verb-object, so it should be 'Sally sleeps'.

Sally is girl: This phrase violates co-occurrence requirements because it is missing an article before 'girl'. The correct phrase is 'Sally is a girl'.

Polly is fond of: This phrase has a violation of co-occurrence requirements because it lacks the object of the preposition 'of'. It should be something like 'Polly is fond of cats'.

Is fond of cats Polly: This phrase has an incorrect word order. It should be 'Polly is fond of cats'.

Bob convinced: This phrase violates co-occurrence requirements as it lacks a direct object. A complete sentence might be 'Bob convinced his friend'.

Sally beer drinks: This phrase has an incorrect word order. It should be 'Sally drinks beer'.

Polly gave the book Tom: This phrase has an incorrect word order. A clearer version would be 'Polly gave Tom the book'.

Sally said me that she would be there: This phrase combines both a word order problem and a co-occurrence issue. It should be 'Sally told me that she would be there' or 'Sally said that she would be there'.

Bought I this present for: This phrase has incorrect word order and violates co-occurrence requirements. The correct sentence is 'I bought this present for [someone]'.

Sally and arrived: This phrase has both an incorrect word order and violates co-occurrence requirements because it lacks a verb for 'Sally' and a subject for 'arrived'. It should be 'Sally arrived' plus additional context if needed.