10 Questions
In modern English, what indicates grammatical function for nouns, adjectives, and articles?
Word order and prepositions
What is the second-largest word class in English?
Pronouns
Which of the following is a remnant of the more extensive Germanic case system of Old English?
Saxon genitive or English possessive (-'s)
Which form of speech and writing is used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news?
Standard English
What has largely been abandoned in modern English in favor of analytic constructions?
'Inflectional case system'
Which word class retains morphological case more strongly than any other in Modern English?
Nouns
What is the largest word class in English?
Nouns
What is indicated only by word order, prepositions, and the 'Saxon genitive or English possessive' in Modern English?
Nouns
Which language system has largely been abandoned in Modern English in favor of analytic constructions?
Inflectional case system of Indo-European
Which of the following is commonly distinguished as a part of speech in English?
Determiners
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