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What are the eight word classes or parts of speech commonly distinguished in English?
What are the eight word classes or parts of speech commonly distinguished in English?
- Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, adjectives, pronouns
- Nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, determiners, adverbs
- Nouns, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, determiners, pronouns, verbs, prepositions
- Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, determiners, prepositions (correct)
What has modern English largely abandoned in favor of analytic constructions?
What has modern English largely abandoned in favor of analytic constructions?
- Possessive case system
- Saxon genitive system
- Word order system
- Inflectional case system (correct)
Which structure of the English language includes words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts?
Which structure of the English language includes words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts?
- Syntactic structure (correct)
- Lexical structure
- Morphological structure
- Semantic structure
What is indicated by word order, prepositions, and the 'Saxon genitive or English possessive' (-'s) in English?
What is indicated by word order, prepositions, and the 'Saxon genitive or English possessive' (-'s) in English?
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Which word class forms the largest class in English?
Which word class forms the largest class in English?
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