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?

    <p>Present-day Standard English</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Analytic constructions</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

    <p>The inflectional case system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Personal pronouns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

    <p>In favor of analytic constructions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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