The answer is: [A]:
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"<span>Animals cannot acquire any of the four characteristics of language because of physical and mental limitations."
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I think the answer is probably b
" com- " ; matches: [C]: prefix ;
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" pos" ; matches: [A]: root ;
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" -ition" ; {Note that this is the correct spelling.}; matches: [B]: suffix .
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Given the word: "composition" .
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A connotation is a word that suggests a meaning as to its literal meaning. An example would be pus immediately we thing of it as a negative or even icky word and it has a negative or "pejorative" connotation, when it is really a thick, yellow thing from a infected wound.