Which of the following groups of words indicates a series of words for which stemming would be used in content analysis?
A) be, is, of, the
B) pretty, beautiful, attractive
C) search, searching, searches, searched
D) going, walking, running, flying
E) all of the above

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Stemming is used to reduce words to their base form for analysis. In this case, words with similar roots such as search, searching, searches, and searched should be stemmed to the common root word "search." The other options do not require stemming as they are either unrelated words or already in their base form.

Which of the Following Groups of Words Indicates a Series