5 Questions
What are the eight word classes commonly distinguished in English?
Nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions
What has Modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?
Inflectional 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)
What retains morphological case more strongly than any other word class in English?
Personal pronouns
What is a form of speech and writing used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news?
Present-day Standard English
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