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What are the eight word classes commonly distinguished in English?
nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions
Describe the structural rules of English grammar.
The structural rules of English grammar include the structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts. It describes a generalized, present-day Standard English used in public discourse, over a range of registers, from formal to informal.
How has Modern English changed from the inflectional case system of Indo-European?
Modern English has largely abandoned the inflectional case system of Indo-European in favor of analytic constructions.
What retains morphological case more strongly than any other word class in Modern English?
The personal pronouns retain morphological case more strongly than any other word class.
What indicates grammatical function for pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and articles in English?
Grammatical function is indicated only by word order, by prepositions, and by the 'Saxon genitive or English possessive' (-'s).
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