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What are the eight word classes commonly distinguished in English?
What are the eight word classes commonly distinguished in English?
- Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and articles
- Nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions (correct)
- Nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, and articles
- Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and articles
Which system has Modern English largely abandoned in favor of analytic constructions?
Which system has Modern English largely abandoned in favor of analytic constructions?
- Genitive case system of Indo-European
- Inflectional case system of Indo-European (correct)
- Analytic case system of Indo-European
- Nominal case system of Indo-European
What indicates grammatical function for nouns, adjectives, and articles in English?
What indicates grammatical function for nouns, adjectives, and articles in English?
- Inflectional endings
- Word order and prepositions (correct)
- Tone and stress patterns
- 'Saxon genitive or English possessive' (-'s)
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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What has Modern English largely abandoned from the Germanic case system of Old English?
What has Modern English largely abandoned from the Germanic case system of Old English?
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