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English Grammar Overview
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English Grammar Overview

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What is the largest word class in English grammar?

  • Adverbs
  • Adjectives
  • Verbs
  • Nouns (correct)
  • Which part of speech retains morphological case most strongly in English?

  • Adjectives
  • Verbs
  • Prepositions
  • Personal pronouns (correct)
  • What has modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?

  • Word order
  • Vocabulary
  • Inflectional case system (correct)
  • Tone system
  • What indicates grammatical function for nouns, adjectives, and articles in English?

    <p>Word order and prepositions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which word class is the second-largest in English?

    <p>Verbs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Most countries in North and South America start their week on Monday.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to ISO 8601, Sunday is the first day of the week.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The English language has retained the planet names for all 7 days of the week.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The names of the 7 days of the week in most Latin-based languages come from the Roman calendar.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Some Asiatic languages such as Hindi, Japanese, and Korean have a similar relationship between the weekdays and the planets.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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