A patient has difficulty distinguishing the difference in meaning between sentences like "Barry Bonds hit the pitch" and "The pitch hit Barry Bonds." What disorder do you suspect this patient has?
a. Broca's aphasia
b. Wernicke's aphasia
c. fluent aphasia
d. syntactic aphasia
Ans: a. Broca's aphasia
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