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. (10[1])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 “er” (“E-R”) and replaces it with (10[1])“ai” (“A-I”) for the first- (10[1])or third-person. (10[1]0[1]-5[1])In contrast to (10[1])declension for nouns or adjectives, this process (10[1])is the inflection of verbs. (10[2])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.” ■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
Sasha WertimeHaverford BNYU B5110
Avery BarnettHaverford AGeorge Washington B8310
Jem BurchYale AMaryland A8710
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AColumbia C8910
Kaiden CareyPenn BGeorge Washington A89-5
Lowrie WoodsideGeorge Washington APenn B890
Maximilian NieburJohns Hopkins ANYU A9210
Aum MundheRutgers AMaryland B9910
Jack RadoColumbia BCornell B10410
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegeVassar A10410

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