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What does English grammar encompass?
What does English grammar encompass?
- The structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts (correct)
- The phonetics of the English language
- The history of the English language
- The regional varieties of English
In what form of speech and writing is Standard English used?
In what form of speech and writing is Standard English used?
- Public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news (correct)
- Private correspondence
- Informal conversations only
- Poetry and literature
What has Modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?
What has Modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?
- The inflectional case system (correct)
- The vocabulary
- The grammatical rules
- The phonetic structure
Which word class retains morphological case more strongly in Modern English?
Which word class retains morphological case more strongly in Modern English?
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What type of varieties of English show divergences from the described grammar?
What type of varieties of English show divergences from the described grammar?
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