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The plural forms "men", "geese", and "children" are examples of:

ARegular morphological conditioning

BPhonetic alterations

CIrregular morphological conditioning

DCompound word formation

Answer:

C. Irregular morphological conditioning

Read Explanation:

  • hese plural forms cannot be predicted by phonological rules alone; they are lexically specified and thus irregular.


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