English Grammar Challenge
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What are the eight word classes commonly distinguished in English?

  • Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and articles
  • Nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and interjections
  • Nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions (correct)
  • Nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and articles
  • What has Modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?

  • Analytic constructions
  • Inflectional case system (correct)
  • Morphological case
  • Germanic case system
  • How is grammatical function indicated for nouns, adjectives, and articles in English?

  • By word order, prepositions, and the Saxon genitive or English possessive (-'s) (correct)
  • By inflectional case system
  • By word order and Germanic case system
  • By morphological case
  • What retains morphological case more strongly than any other word class in English?

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

    What is a form of speech and writing used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news?

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