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History is the systematic study and documentation of the human past.
True
The period of events before the invention of writing systems is considered history.
False
Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers.
True
History is a complete and fully understood discipline.
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Historians debate the nature of history as an end in itself, and its usefulness in giving insight into the past.
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______ grammar is the set of structural rules of the ______ language. This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts.
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This article describes a generalized, present-day Standard ______ – a form of speech and writing used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news, over a range of registers, from formal to informal.
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Divergences from the grammar described here occur in some historical, social, cultural, and regional ______ of English, although these are more minor than differences in pronunciation and vocabulary.
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Modern ______ has largely abandoned the inflectional case system of Indo-European in favor of analytic constructions.
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The personal ______ retain morphological case more strongly than any other word class (a remnant of the more extensive Germanic case system of Old English).
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Study Notes
History
- The study of history is a systematic and documented investigation of the human past
- The period before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory
- History encompasses past events, memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events
- Historians use various sources, including written documents, oral accounts, art, material artifacts, and ecological markers to acquire knowledge of the past
- History is an incomplete and debatable field with many mysteries
- It is an academic discipline that uses narratives to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events and their cause-and-effect patterns
English Grammar
- English grammar is the set of structural rules governing the English language
- It includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts
- Standard English is a form of speech and writing used in public discourse, encompassing various registers from formal to informal
- There are divergences from the described grammar in historical, social, cultural, and regional varieties of English, primarily in pronunciation and vocabulary
- Modern English has largely abandoned the inflectional case system of Indo-European in favor of analytic constructions
- Personal pronouns are the only word class that retains morphological case, a remnant of the Old English Germanic case system
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Test your knowledge of historical events, figures, and developments with this engaging history quiz. From ancient civilizations to modern revolutions, challenge yourself to see how much you know about the human past.
