Two children are in a grocery store and hear an adult refer to the huge apples in the display as "eating apples." The older child understands that these "apples would be good for eating, rather than cooking," while the younger child is distancing herself from the display, hoping not to be the "apple's next meal." This situations illustrates a _____ problem in understanding the phrase "eating apples."
A)grammatical
B)semantic
C)phonemic
D)syntactical

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This is a semantic problem because the younger child is interpreting the phrase "eating apples" in a literal sense, while the older child understands it in a figurative sense, meaning apples that are good for eating raw rather than cooking. It is not a grammatical, phonemic, or syntactical problem.

Two Children Are in a Grocery Store and Hear an Adult