A European visitor to the United States asked a taxi driver, "Can you please a ride to the airport me give?" This visitor has apparently not yet mastered the ________ of the English language.

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Syntax refers to the order and structure of words in a language. The visitor's sentence is not grammatically correct, demonstrating a lack of understanding of syntax in English. Phonemes refer to the individual sounds in a language, semantics refers to the meaning of words and phrases, and morphemes refer to the smallest units of meaning in a language.

A European Visitor to the United States Asked a Taxi