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In advanced English syntax and applied linguistics, words can shift their morphosyntactic category depending on their structural environment and functional deployment in a sentence. Consider the following complex sentence containing multiple ambiguous lexical items:"The committee's decision to object to the annual budget was met with widespread dismay."Identify the option that correctly designates the parts of speech for the underlined words: (1) decision, (2) object, (3) annual, and (4) widespread in their respective contexts.
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Detailed Explanation
To accurately determine the Part of Speech in this sentence: (1) decision functions as a noun, preceded by the possessive noun phrase 'committee's' and serving as the head of the subject noun phrase; (2) object functions as a verb in the infinitive phrase ('to object to'), taking a prepositional complement; (3) annual functions as an attributive adjective modifying the noun 'budget'; and (4) widespread functions as an adjective modifying the noun 'dismay'. Thus, option (a) is syntactically correct.
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