When 3-year-old Charlie's father came home one evening, he asked Charlie what he had done that day. Charlie replied, "I sawed two deer outside and goed to see them." Charlie has committed the language mistake known as:

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Charlie has made the mistake of overregularization, as he has incorrectly applied the past tense marker "-ed" to the irregular verb "go." Overextension and underextension refer to errors in categorization or labeling of objects, while phonetic misinterpretation involves mispronouncing words due to difficulty in producing certain sounds.

When 3-Year-Old Charlie's Father Came Home One Evening, He Asked