Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and

Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.Why, in modern English, were word endings mostly lost with just a few exceptions?
【正确答案】：

IT CAN BE CONCLUDED THAT ENGLISH HAS EVOLVED FROM A SYNTHETIC LANGUAGE TO THE PRESENT ANALYTIC LANGUAGE. 

【题目解析】：本题考查现代英语词尾消失的原因。题干问的是：为什么在现代英语中，词尾大多是丢失的，只有几个例外？答案是：英语已经从一种综合语言发展到目前的分析语言。所以很多词尾消失了。