As an English speaker, you recognize that if you want to put a verb into the past tense you can add an 'ed' to it, such as changing 'walk' to 'walked'. The rules governing this type of transformation are known as
A)syntax
B)semantics
C)phonemics
D)pragmatics

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Syntax refers to the set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, including the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences. Adding 'ed' to a verb to form its past tense is a syntactic operation because it involves manipulating the structure of the word according to the grammatical rules of English.

As an English Speaker, You Recognize That If You Want