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4.1 Combination of infinitive with adjectives John is easy to teach. John is eager to teach. Look at the following pair of sentences It is easy for somebody to teach John. John is keen on teaching somebody else. Though the two sentences have the same surface structure, their deep structures are distinct from each other. Noam Chomsky: deep structure vs. surface structure Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist, author and lecturer. He is an Institute Professor emeritus and professor emeritus of linguistics at the