Use the sentence below to answer the question that follows.

This remarkable species of lichen makes its home in the inhospitable terrain of the Atacama Desert.

Knowing the usage of the suffix -able in the words remarkable and inhospitable would best help a student identify: 
  1. The correct spelling of the words.
  2. The connotative meaning of the words.
  3. The grammatical function of the words.
  4. The register shift of the words.
Explanation
Correct Response: C. The suffix –able changes a word, typically a verb, into an adjective. Knowing this would help a student identify the words remarkable and inhospitable as adjectives, which is the grammatical function of the words.

A is incorrect because understanding the usage of –able would not in itself facilitate students' ability to identify the correct spelling of the words since this suffix has an alternate spelling (-ible). B is incorrect because connotative meanings are implied or associated meanings of words, which could not be determined simply from knowledge of the usage of a word's suffix. D is incorrect because the addition of a suffix does not cause a register shift in the words.
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