Exercise 14
The X-bar theory predicts that in English the following sentences are ungrammatical. Explain how the X-bar theory can account for the ungrammaticality of the sentences below. Notice that the phrases in italics are responsible for the ungrammaticality of the sentences.
| (1) | a | *The teacher from France of English likes going to open lectures. |
| b | *Mary often drives too fast her car. | |
| c | *Every student in Cambridge of Physics gets an excellent job. |