Question

The Wati language has l (“ell”), null, n, and ng (“ing”) classes for this process, among the most in the Pama–Nyungan family. Per the title of a Franz Bopp paper, this process’s rules in Sanskrit contrast with those in Greek, Latin, Persian, and Germanic languages. Modern Hebrew eliminated the “vav-consecutive” construction for this process. In Japanese, words called “ichidan” remove or replace the final kana via this process, unlike “godan” words. In the French preterite form, this process replaces the final (10[1])“er” (“E-R”) and replaces (10[1])it with “ai” (10[1])(“A-I”) for the first- (10[1])or third-person. (-5[1])In contrast to declension for nouns (10[1])or adjectives, this process is the inflection of verbs. For 10 points, name this process in which verbs are modified to match categories like grammatical person, as in the difference between “I buzz” and “he buzzes.” (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: grammatical conjugation [or verb conjugation; prompt on inflection until read; prompt on prefixing or suffixing by asking “for what grammatical purpose?”]
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= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Todd MaslykMichigan AOhio State B7810
Daniel HuangMichigan DMichigan State8110
Mitchell IndekMichigan BCarnegie Mellon B8410
Anthony YinCase Western BOhio State A8710
Ryan JudgeCarnegie Mellon AKenyon89-5
Elie AounCase Western AMichigan C9510
Elizabeth WallaceKenyonCarnegie Mellon A13110

Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%92.67
Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%111.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%92.67
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%95.83
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%79.83
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%109.00
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%60%113.80
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%75.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%97.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%79.25
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y989%0%11%88.63
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%67%108.33