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What are the two largest word classes in English?
What are the two largest word classes in English?
- Nouns and verbs (correct)
- Adjectives and adverbs
- Verbs and adjectives
- Nouns and adverbs
How is grammatical function indicated for pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and articles in English?
How is grammatical function indicated for pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and articles in English?
- Noun declension
- Verb conjugation
- Inflectional case system
- Word order, prepositions, and the Saxon genitive or English possessive (-'s) (correct)
What has modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?
What has modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?
- Morphological case
- Inflectional case system (correct)
- Word classes
- Analytic constructions
Which form of speech and writing is used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news?
Which form of speech and writing is used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news?
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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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