"Jack hit Robert;" "Robert was hit by Jack;" and "Jack struck Robert" all convey the same meaning, yet each sentence takes a somewhat different form. This capacity to combine words into original sentences and to say the same thing with different sentences refers to
A)displacement.
B)prerequisity.
C)infinite creativity.
D)semanticity.

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The capacity to combine words into original sentences and to say the same thing with different sentences is a characteristic of infinite creativity, which is unique to human language. Displacement refers to the ability to talk about things that are not present in the immediate environment, semanticity refers to the ability of language to convey meaning, and there is no concept of "prerequisity" in language.

"Jack Hit Robert;" "Robert Was Hit by Jack;" and "Jack