To explain why children sometimes say "ringed" instead of "rang," Marcus (1986) proposed that children:
A) have no past-tense rules for irregular words stored in memory
B) have formed incorrect associations between sound sequences within a complex neural network
C) have stored irregular past tense rules, but occasionally misapply them
D) don't intrinsically understand time, so that the application of the rule is simply random

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Marcus (1986) proposed that children have stored irregular past tense rules, but occasionally misapply them, which is why they may say "ringed" instead of "rang."

To Explain Why Children Sometimes Say "Ringed" Instead of "Rang