Dwight is writing a letter to his friend Jim.He wants his writing to sound impressive,so he uses the thesaurus function on his computer to change some of the words.He changes the sentence "My character on the soap opera was killed" to "My moral fiber on the soap opera was defeated." Dwight has changed ____ of the sentence.
A) only the surface structure
B) only the deep structure
C) both the surface structure and the deep structure
D) neither the surface structure nor the deep structure

Question

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Dwight has changed both the surface structure (the specific words used) and the deep structure (the underlying meaning) of the sentence. "Character" and "moral fiber" have different connotations, and "was killed" versus "was defeated" changes the meaning significantly.

Dwight Is Writing a Letter to His Friend Jim