surface and deep structure

I have no idea what you are talking about. Do you mean simple sentences versus compound-complex sentences?

AlpheccaStarsI have no idea what you are talking about. Do you mean simple sentences versus compound-complex sentences?

That's a better guess than what I would have come up with.

Anonymous can anyone provide me some examples of surface and deep structure sentences.really need help rite now..tq

A simple example would be a passive sentence, for example, The bone is eaten by the dog. In Transformational Grammar, this would be regarded as the surface structure; the deep structure would be The dog eats the bone.

Thank you.