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Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.leorn→ian→lern→en→learn Above is the change of "learn" from Old English through Middle English to Modern English. What can you conclude from the viewpoint of the development of English vocabulary?
【正确答案】：

IN MODERN ENGLISH, WORD ENDINGS WERE MOSTLY LOST WITH JUST A FEW EXCEPTIONS. IT CAN BE CONCLUDED THAT ENGLISH HAS EVOLVED FROM A SYNTHETIC LANGUAGE TO THE PRESENT ANALYTIC LANGUAGE.

【题目解析】：在现代英语中，除了少数几个例外，词尾大部分都丢失了。可以说，英语已经从一种综合语言演变为现在的分析语言。