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Summary - Assignment ExampleThe concept of universality was further expounded by classifying it into two types the solid universals and the formal universals. As disclosed, substantive universals construct the description of language while formal universals were deemed more solicit yet formalized and highly structured in terms of observance to grammatical rules. Samples of different destine structures (deep, surface, A over A convention) were presented to differentiate the concept of universality.The criteria for evaluating grammar was likewise discussed based on four syntactic structures, being that (1) sentences are deemed acceptable to the native speaker (2) the case of ambiguity noted to be represent by constructional homonymity (3) alleged diversity in interpretations of sentences which appear superficially similar to be likewise correspond by varied derivational histories and (4) understanding sentences in similar manner to have been apparently correspond at one level de scription (Tranformational Generative Grammar 5-6).Finally, the discourse differentiated between linguistic competence and performance by indicating that competence is knowledge of a particular language, while performance ensued from this competence as a production and comprehension of language (Tranformational Generative Grammar 5). Other differentiating factors were presented to expound on their disparities to include boundaries, linguistic factors, incompetencies, situational factors, and creativity of the speaker, among