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1. What linguists call a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar vocabulary, grammar, and sound system.
2. What do linguists call a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar vocabulary, grammar, and sound system.
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1. What linguists call a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar vocabulary, grammar, and sound system.
2. What do linguists call a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar vocabulary, grammar, and sound system.
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2. What do linguists call a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar vocabulary, grammar, and sound system.
Which sentence is right?
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@preciouss Thank you very much. Can you explain more to me?
I was puzzled by the answer in the book. It is an nominal clause, "What do linguists call a language family " do subject.
I was puzzled by the answer in the book. It is an nominal clause, "What do linguists call a language family " do subject.
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@preciouss Oh yeah. Thank you very much. I got it now.
1. What linguists call a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar vocabulary, grammar, and sound system. -correct
2. What do linguists call a language family ? It is a group of languages with a common origin and similar vocabulary, grammar, and sound system.
1. What linguists call a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar vocabulary, grammar, and sound system. -correct
2. What do linguists call a language family ? It is a group of languages with a common origin and similar vocabulary, grammar, and sound system.
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