English Grammar Quiz

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What does English grammar encompass?

Historical, social, cultural, and regional varieties of English

Structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts (correct)

Pronunciation and vocabulary

Inflectional case system of Indo-European

In what way has Modern English deviated from Indo-European?

Abandoned the inflectional case system (correct)

Modified the inflectional case system

Adopted the inflectional case system

Retained the inflectional case system

Which word class retains morphological case most strongly in Modern English?

Nouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Personal pronouns (correct)

What is the form of speech and writing used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, and news?

Present-day Standard English Signup and view all the answers

What has largely replaced the inflectional case system in Modern English?

Analytic constructions Signup and view all the answers

What are some areas where divergences from the grammar described in the article occur?

Some historical, social, cultural, and regional varieties of English. Signup and view all the answers

What has Modern English largely abandoned from the Indo-European language system?

The inflectional case system. Signup and view all the answers

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

Personal pronouns. Signup and view all the answers

What are the structural rules of the English language that are encompassed by English grammar?

The structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts. Signup and view all the answers

In what way has Modern English largely replaced the inflectional case system of Indo-European?

In favor of analytic constructions. Signup and view all the answers

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What does English grammar encompass?

In what way has Modern English deviated from Indo-European?

Which word class retains morphological case most strongly in Modern English?

What is the form of speech and writing used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, and news?

What has largely replaced the inflectional case system in Modern English?

What are some areas where divergences from the grammar described in the article occur?

What has Modern English largely abandoned from the Indo-European language system?

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

What are the structural rules of the English language that are encompassed by English grammar?

In what way has Modern English largely replaced the inflectional case system of Indo-European?

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