The Sentence "The Plan Persuaded the Passenger to Buy the Ticket

question 30

Multiple Choice

The sentence "The plan persuaded the passenger to buy the ticket for a first-class seat." is problematic at the _______ level.

• A) semantic
• B) syntactic
• C) phonological
• D) pragmatic

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