Children acquiring Mandarin learn verb earlier than children acquiring English because:
A. most verbs in Mandarin are only a single syllable long, making it easy for children to remember the verbs.
B. Mandarin uses a character based writing system that makes it easier for verbs to be identified.
C. the structure of Mandarin grammar means that children are more likely to hear verbs in a prominent position, namely the end of the sentence.
D. it is not true that children acquiring Mandarin acquire verbs earlier than children acquiring English.
C
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