English Grammar Basics
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Which word class forms the largest in English?

  • Nouns (correct)
  • Verbs
  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs

What has Modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?

  • Analytic constructions
  • Word order
  • Inflectional case system (correct)
  • Prepositions

How is grammatical function indicated for nouns, adjectives, and articles in English?

  • Word order
  • Prepositions
  • 'Saxon genitive or English possessive' (-'s) (correct)
  • Conjunctions

Which language variety shows divergences from the grammar described in the article?

<p>Regional varieties of English (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What retains morphological case more strongly than any other word class in Modern English?

<p>Personal pronouns (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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