Pointing to a tree, young Leo says, "Bird flied away." Leo's interesting but incorrect use of "-ed" in "flied" shows that he is trying to learn the ________ rules of language.
A) phonological
B) morphological
C) pragmatic
D) syntactic

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Leo's use of "-ed" to form the past tense of "fly" ("flied") is a morphological error, showing that he is still learning the rules for forming words and their parts. Phonological rules deal with the sounds of language, pragmatic rules deal with social rules for language use, and syntactic rules deal with the structure and ordering of words in sentences.

Pointing to a Tree, Young Leo Says, "Bird Flied Away