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.
A) phonemes
B) syntax
C) semantics
D) morphemes

Question

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Syntax refers to the rules governing the structure of sentences and the relationships between words, like the order in which words are placed in a sentence. In this case, the visitor has not used proper syntax by using the verb "give" before the noun "me."

A European Visitor to the United States Asked a Taxi