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Inflect

usgb/ɪnˈflekt/Volume
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Grammatical Agreement

Inflect to match nouns and pronouns in number, like 'she runs' versus 'they run'.

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Adding 's' to 'run' inflects it to agree with 'she'.
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Not in English

English has limited inflection compared to other languages, relying more on word order.

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English uses 'the' for all nouns, it doesn't inflect for gender or case.
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Past Tense Complexity

Inflection can make verbs regular ('talked') or irregular ('spoke') in past tense.

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We inflect 'talk' to 'talked' but 'speak' to 'spoke'.
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