Which example illustrates overregularization?
A) referring to all four-legged animals as "doggie"
B) calling a rabbit "wabbit"
C) using the word gooses
D) using the word elbow to refer to a knee

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Overregularization is the process where a child applies a grammatical rule too broadly, resulting in errors. The use of the non-standard plural form "gooses" is an example of overregularization of the plural rule, where the regular plural "-s" is mistakenly applied to irregular nouns.

Which Example Illustrates Overregularization