If the plural of "child'r is "children"and the plural of "ox" is "ox en," what m cal phen omenon is shared by these words? Regular plural formation Irregular plural formation Use of allomorphs Zero morph 1 point

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If the plural of "child'r is "children"and the plural of "ox" is "ox en," what m cal phen omenon is shared by these words? Regular plural formation Irregular plural formation Use of allomorphs Zero morph 1 point

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B. Irregular plural formation

Answer 2

## Step 1The problem is asking us to identify the linguistic phenomenon that is shared by the words "children" and "oxen". These words are both plural forms of their respective singular forms, "child" and "ox". ## Step 2The plural form of "child" is "children", and the plural form of "ox" is "oxen". These plural forms do not follow the regular rule of adding an '' at the end of the word to form the plural. Instead, they undergo a vowel change in the word to form the plural. ## Step 3This is a characteristic of irregular plural formation in English. Irregular plural formation is a linguistic phenomenon where the plural form of a word does not follow the regular rule of adding an '' at the end of the word to form the plural. Instead, the word undergoes a vowel change or other changes to form the plural.

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If the plural of "child'r is "children"and the plural of "ox" is "ox en," what m cal phen omenon is shared by these words? Regular plural formation Irregular plural formation Use of allomorphs Zero morph 1 point

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