Lex is in the second grade.As part of a homework assignment,he is asked to write a sentence to describe a picture of a dog playing fetch.Lex writes the sentence,"Ball the dog has." Lex is clearly having trouble with ___________.
A)phonemes
B)morphemes
C)pragmatics
D)syntax

Question

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Lex is having trouble with syntax, which is the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. The sentence "Ball the dog has" is not a well-formed sentence in English, as it uses an incorrect word order.

Lex Is in the Second Grade