Which Is the Following Is NOT True of Children's Use

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which is the following is NOT true of children's use of cohesion?

• A) Children as young as 2 years old use cohesive devices, such as reference pronouns, verbal ellipsis, and conjunctions.
• B) Once acquired, the relative proportion of cohesive devices remains stable from 3.5 to 9.5 years of age.
• C) Children frequently use one pronoun (e.g., she) to refer to several characters in a single narrative.
• D) The cohesive device most often used by children is repetition.

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