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What is the second-largest word class in English?
What is the second-largest word class in English?
- Determiners
- Verbs (correct)
- Adjectives
- Pronouns
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?
- Word order and prepositions (correct)
- Syllable stress
- Conjugation
- Inflectional case
Which language system did Modern English largely abandon in favor of analytic constructions?
Which language system did Modern English largely abandon in favor of analytic constructions?
- Conjugational system
- Tonal system
- Inflectional case system of Indo-European (correct)
- Syllabic structure
What retains morphological case more strongly than any other word class in Modern English?
What retains morphological case more strongly than any other word class in Modern English?
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How many 'word classes' or 'parts of speech' are commonly distinguished in English?
How many 'word classes' or 'parts of speech' are commonly distinguished in English?
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