Studies of speech errors in the laboratory have led researchers to the conclusion that

a. the planning process in language production tends to stay one word ahead of the spoken utterance.
b. there may be mental processes that detect and edit potential speech errors.
c. errors involving blends of words are unlikely to occur.
d. spoonerisms are less likely when the error will result in a real word.

Answer: b. there may be mental processes that detect and edit potential speech errors.

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