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Which word class forms the largest group in English?

  • Adverbs
  • Nouns (correct)
  • Adjectives
  • Verbs

What has modern English largely abandoned from the Indo-European system?

  • Prepositions
  • Conjunctions
  • Inflectional case system (correct)
  • Word order

In English, which word class retains morphological case more strongly than any other?

  • Adjectives
  • Nouns
  • Pronouns (correct)
  • Verbs

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

<p>Standard English (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is grammatical function indicated for nouns, adjectives, and articles in English?

<p>By the Saxon genitive or English possessive (-'s) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What tense is commonly used in academic writing to describe a general truth or habitual action?

<p>Present perfect (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When is the simple past tense used in academic writing?

<p>To describe a completed action at a specific point in the past (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tense is used for a study that will be conducted in the future in academic writing?

<p>Simple future (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the next most common tense for capstone writers after the simple present, simple past, and present perfect tenses?

<p>Future (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When is the simple present tense used in academic writing?

<p>To describe a general truth or habitual action (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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