A child says "wented" as the past tense of the verb "to go." What type of common error is this

A)  metalinguistic transformation 
B)  semantic slanting 
C)  motherese 
D)  overregularization

The error of using "wented" instead of "went" is an example of overregularization, which is a common language error made by children learning grammar rules. They apply regular grammatical patterns to irregular verbs, resulting in mistakes like "wented" instead of "went."