What is the first way children acquiring English learn to negate propositions?
A They incorporate the negative marker into the internal structure of the sentence.
B They add the words no or not to the beginning or end of the sentence.
C They add denominal verbs to statements to express negation.
D They overregularize inflectional morphemes to express negation.
E They use passive constructions for negative sentences.
B
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a. untouchables b. Kshatriyas c. Brahmins d. Shudras
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