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What are the eight word classes or parts of speech commonly distinguished in English?
Nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions.
What has modern English largely abandoned in favor of analytic constructions?
The inflectional case system of Indo-European.
In what ways is grammatical function indicated for pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and articles in Modern English?
Grammatical function is indicated by word order, prepositions, and by the 'Saxon genitive or English possessive' (-'s).
What is described as a generalized, present-day Standard English in the text?
A form of speech and writing used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news, over a range of registers, from formal to informal.
What is the remnant of the more extensive Germanic case system of Old English in Modern English?
The retention of morphological case more strongly in personal pronouns than any other word class.
Test your knowledge of the structural rules of the English language with this quiz. Explore the set of rules governing words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts in Standard English.
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