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What is the focus of English grammar?
What is the focus of English grammar?
- Historical and social influences on language
- Structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts (correct)
- Regional varieties of English
- Pronunciation and vocabulary
In what form of speech and writing is Standard English used?
In what form of speech and writing is Standard English used?
- Technical manuals
- Public discourse (correct)
- Literary fiction
- Informal conversations
What has Modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?
What has Modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?
- Word order
- Inflectional case system (correct)
- Verb conjugation
- Noun declension
Which word class retains morphological case more strongly in Modern English?
Which word class retains morphological case more strongly in Modern English?
How is grammatical function indicated for nouns, adjectives, and articles in Modern English?
How is grammatical function indicated for nouns, adjectives, and articles in Modern English?
In which situations do we use 'will' to express beliefs?
In which situations do we use 'will' to express beliefs?
When do we use 'would' to describe past beliefs about the future?
When do we use 'would' to describe past beliefs about the future?
For making promises and offers, which form is used?
For making promises and offers, which form is used?
In conditionals, what do we use to say what we think will happen in the present or future?
In conditionals, what do we use to say what we think will happen in the present or future?
What do we use to make hypotheses in English?
What do we use to make hypotheses in English?
What is the past tense form of 'will'?
What is the past tense form of 'will'?
In which situations do we use 'will' to express beliefs?
In which situations do we use 'will' to express beliefs?
For making promises and offers, which form is used?
For making promises and offers, which form is used?
In conditionals, what do we use to say what we think will happen in the present or future?
In conditionals, what do we use to say what we think will happen in the present or future?
When do we use 'would' to describe past beliefs about the future?
When do we use 'would' to describe past beliefs about the future?
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Study Notes
Focus of English Grammar
- The focus of English grammar is on the form of speech and writing known as Standard English.
Characteristics of Modern English
- Modern English has largely abandoned grammatical inflectional endings from Indo-European.
- Nouns, adjectives, and articles in Modern English indicate grammatical function through word order rather than inflectional endings.
Morphological Case
- The pronoun word class retains morphological case more strongly in Modern English.
Modal Verbs
- 'Will' is used to express beliefs about the future or to make predictions.
- 'Would' is used to describe past beliefs about the future or to express hypothetical or uncertain situations.
- The form 'will' is used for making promises and offers.
- In conditionals, 'will' is used to say what we think will happen in the present or future.
- 'Would' is used to make hypotheses in English.
- The past tense form of 'will' is 'would'.
- 'Will' is used to express beliefs about the future, while 'would' is used to describe past beliefs about the future.
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