Pointing to a tree,young Ramal says,"Bird flied away." Ramal's interesting but inaccurate use of the "-ed" word ending shows that he is trying to learn ________ rules of language.

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Ramal's use of "flied" instead of "flew" shows that he is trying to learn morphological rules of language, specifically the past tense form of the verb. The "-ed" ending is a morphological marker for past tense in English.

Pointing to a Tree,young Ramal Says,"Bird Flied Away