Problem
I. If we know that "grain" in Indo-European is "gre-no", why are we certain that "grain" is a borrowed word and not a native word in English?
II. Name three inflections (of any part of the Speech) that have survived into Modern English. Give examples.
III. Explain the origin of "feet: "geese", and similar words. Why do they NOT have an "s' at the end, as most other plurals in English do?
IV. Following there are four different versions of a familiar passage (Click the link). Go through, indicate, and explain the differences in syntax, morphology, lexicon, and orthography. In other words, how does English differ in these four stages in its grammar and lexicon?