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English Grammar

English grammar has Germanic roots, although some academics attempted to impose Latin grammar upon it in the 18th century, unsuccessfuly. English is slightly inflected, much lesser than other Indo-European languages. This is compensated by placing more grammatical information in auxiliary words and word order through features like:

3rd person singular present

Alfredo works. -s

Possessive

He is Alfredo's best friend. -'s

past tense

Alfredo worked. -ed

present participle/ progressive

Alfredo is working. -ing

gerund

Working is good for the soul. -ing

plural

All your sigs are mine. -s

past participle

The car was stolen. -en
Alfredo has talked to the police. -ed

superlative

Alfredo has the bluest eyes. -est

comparative

Alfredo is smarter than Ricky. -er

Please noted that, unlike other Germanic or Romance languages, English nouns don't take gender and verbs may take the "ing" ending.

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