Colin received his paper back from his English teacher, Ms. Taylor. She informed him that adverbs follow the verbs they modify in sentence order. What level of language analysis does this represent?
A) Syntax
B) Semantics
C) Morphology
D) Pragmatics

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Syntax refers to the study of sentence structure and how words are combined to form phrases and sentences. The rule that adverbs follow the verbs they modify is a syntactic rule. Semantics refers to the meaning of words and sentences, morphology deals with the internal structure of words (such as affixes and roots), and pragmatics refers to the use of language in context.

Colin Received His Paper Back from His English Teacher, Ms