English Grammar Overview

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Which word class is the largest in English grammar?

  • Adverbs
  • Verbs
  • Adjectives
  • Nouns (correct)

What has Modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?

  • Inflectional case system (correct)
  • Morphological case
  • Analytic constructions
  • Saxon genitive

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

  • Inflectional case system
  • Saxon genitive only
  • Word order and prepositions (correct)
  • Morphological case only

Which form of speech and writing is described in the article?

<p>Standard English used in public discourse (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which word class retains morphological case more strongly than any other?

<p>'Personal pronouns' (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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