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What are the eight word classes commonly distinguished in English?
What are the eight word classes commonly distinguished in English?
Nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions
Describe the structural rules of the English language.
Describe the structural rules of the English language.
The structural rules of the English language include the structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts.
What has modern English largely abandoned in favor of analytic constructions?
What has modern English largely abandoned in favor of analytic constructions?
Modern English has largely abandoned the inflectional case system of Indo-European in favor of analytic constructions.
In what ways is grammatical function indicated for pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and articles in English?
In what ways is grammatical function indicated for pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and articles in English?
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What word class forms the largest in English, and which forms the second-largest?
What word class forms the largest in English, and which forms the second-largest?
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