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What is the present-day Standard English used in?
What is the present-day Standard English used in?
- Only in entertainment and news
- Historical and regional varieties of English
- Public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news (correct)
- Private conversations and informal writing
What has Modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?
What has Modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?
- Noun gender
- Word order
- Verb conjugations
- Inflectional case system (correct)
Which word class retains morphological case more strongly in Modern English?
Which word class retains morphological case more strongly in Modern English?
- Personal pronouns (correct)
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Verbs
How is grammatical function indicated for pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and articles in Modern English?
How is grammatical function indicated for pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and articles in Modern English?
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What are the divergences from the described grammar more minor than?
What are the divergences from the described grammar more minor than?
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