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What does English grammar encompass?
What does English grammar encompass?
- The pronunciation and vocabulary of English
- The inflectional case system of Indo-European
- Only the structure of words
- The structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts (correct)
What type of English does this article describe?
What type of English does this article describe?
- Informal English
- Historical English
- Standard English used in public discourse (correct)
- Regional varieties of English
What has Modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?
What has Modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European?
- Morphological case
- Germanic case system
- Analytic constructions
- Inflectional case system (correct)
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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In what way do divergences from the described grammar occur in some varieties of English?
In what way do divergences from the described grammar occur in some varieties of English?
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