Question

multiple choice question
which of the following is a violation of a syntactic rule?
just returned from new york.
i just returned from now york.
i justed return from new york.
from i just returned new york.

Explanation:

Syntactic rules govern the structure/word order of sentences.

• "Just returned from New York." is an elliptical sentence (missing subject, contextually acceptable).
• "I just returned from Now York." has a lexical error (wrong proper noun), not syntax.
• "I justed return from New York." has a morphological error (incorrect verb form), not syntax.
• "From I just returned New York." breaks standard English word order rules for prepositional phrases and sentence structure, violating syntax.

Answer:

D. From I just returned New York.