Read the excerpt from “The Diary of Anne Frank, Act II.” “Anne: Do you think a girl should shouldn’t kiss anyone except if she’s engaged or something?”

“Peter: I suppose it’d (depend) on the girl”

How would adding the Latin suffix -ent change the word “depend”?

A. It would change the verb depend to dependent, which can be an adjective or a noun, according to its meaning in the sentence.

B. Depend independent will become synonyms.

C. The suffix -ent want to change the meaning of the word depend to independent.

D. Independent would take on it meaning that is opposite to depend.