Newton has been studying English for about a month and keeps getting tripped up y irregular verbs, often saying runned instead of ran. Although technically incorrect, this shows that Newton has learned that the ____ =ed is a suffix that indicates past tense.
A) morpheme
B) phoneme
C) pragmatic
D) syntax

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A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language. In this case, the suffix -ed is a morpheme that indicates past tense. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound, pragmatic refers to the use of language in social contexts, and syntax refers to the structure of sentences.

Newton Has Been Studying English for About a Month and Keeps