5 Questions
What is the second-largest word class in English?
Verbs
Which part of speech indicates grammatical function only by word order, prepositions, and the 'Saxon genitive or English possessive' (-'s)?
Nouns
Which type of English has largely abandoned the inflectional case system of Indo-European in favor of analytic constructions?
Standard English
Which word class forms the largest in English?
Nouns
What has Modern English largely abandoned in favor of analytic constructions?
Inflectional case system of Indo-European
Test your knowledge of the structural rules of the English language with this quiz. Explore the grammar of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences in present-day Standard English used in public discourse.
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