What accounts for the child's understanding of the complicated rules of grammar?
A) parents reading to their children
B) the innate program
C) parents using parentese
D) the interaction of an innate program and environmental experiences

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While the innate program provides a foundation for language learning, it is the interaction of this program and environmental experiences (such as parents speaking to their children in grammatically correct sentences) that allows children to understand and internalize the complicated rules of grammar. Parents reading to their children and using parentese can be helpful in providing exposure to grammatically correct language, but they are not the sole factors accounting for a child's understanding of grammar.

What Accounts for the Child's Understanding of the Complicated Rules