The sentence "The plan persuaded the passenger to buy the ticket for a first-class seat." is problematic at the _______ level.
A) semantic
B) syntactic
C) phonological
D) pragmatic

Question

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The problem with this sentence lies in the semantic level, as it suggests that the plan, rather than a person or an agent, persuaded the passenger to buy the ticket for a first-class seat. This could be rephrased as "The salesman's plan persuaded the passenger to buy the ticket for a first-class seat."

The Sentence "The Plan Persuaded the Passenger to Buy the Ticket