Podcast
Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson
Questions and Answers
What does English grammar encompass?
What does English grammar encompass?
- Only the structure of words
- The structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts (correct)
- The historical development of the English language
- The pronunciation and vocabulary of English
In what contexts is present-day Standard English used?
In what contexts is present-day Standard English used?
- Exclusively in informal conversations
- In public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news (correct)
- Primarily in historical documentaries
- Only in formal writing
What has modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?
What has modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?
- Germanic case system
- Inflectional case system (correct)
- Morphological case for personal pronouns
- Analytic constructions
Which word class retains morphological case more strongly than others in modern English?
Which word class retains morphological case more strongly than others in modern English?
Signup and view all the answers
Where do divergences from the grammar described occur?
Where do divergences from the grammar described occur?
Signup and view all the answers
