10 Questions
What are the eight word classes commonly distinguished in English?
nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions
What is the present-day Standard English described in the article used for?
public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news, over a range of registers, from formal to informal
What has modern English largely abandoned from the Indo-European language?
the inflectional case system
How is grammatical function indicated for pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and articles in Modern English?
by word order, by prepositions, and by the 'Saxon genitive or English possessive' (-'s)
Which word class forms the largest and which forms the second-largest in English?
Nouns form the largest word class, and verbs the second-largest
What has Modern English largely abandoned from the Indo-European language?
the inflectional case system
How is grammatical function indicated for pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and articles in Modern English?
by word order, prepositions, and the Saxon genitive or English possessive (-'s)
What is the present-day Standard English described in the article used for?
used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news, over a range of registers, from formal to informal
Which word class forms the largest and which forms the second-largest in English?
Nouns form the largest word class, and verbs the second-largest
What are the eight word classes commonly distinguished in English?
nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions
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