English Grammar Overview
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What are the two largest word classes in English?

  • Nouns and verbs (correct)
  • Nouns and adjectives
  • Verbs and adjectives
  • Adjectives and adverbs

    • What indicates grammatical function for pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and articles in Modern English?

  • Analytic constructions
  • Word order, prepositions, and the Saxon genitive or English possessive (-'s) (correct)
  • Morphological case
  • Inflectional case system

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

  • Formal English
  • Present-day Standard English (correct)
  • Informal English
  • Historical English

    • What has Modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?

    <p>Inflectional case system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What retains morphological case more strongly than any other word class in Modern English?

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