Which of the following groups of words indicates a series of words for which stemming would be used in the analysis?
A) be, is, of, the
B) pretty, beautiful, attractive
C) search, searching, searches, searched
D) going, walking, running, flying
E) all of the above

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Stemming is used to bring different variations of the same word to a common base form. In the group "search, searching, searches, searched," all the words have the same base form "search" and therefore can be stemmed together for analysis. The other groups of words do not have variations that can be stemmed together.

Which of the Following Groups of Words Indicates a Series