Grammar & Function Words
Small words that connect, point, compare, negate, and structure sentences.
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bout
C2
/ˈbaʊt/
A short period of an illness or of something unpleasant.
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ore
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/oɹ/
Rock from which valuable metal or minerals can be extracted.
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nigh
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/naɪ/
Near in time or space; close at hand.
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thyself
C2
/ðaɪˈsɛlf/
the reflexive or emphatic form of thou, meaning yourself; archaic or literary
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yon
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/jɑn/
that or those over there, at some distance but usually within sight
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owt
C2
/aʊt/
Northern English dialect: anything
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ourself
C2
/ˌaʊɚˈsɛlf/
the reflexive form used with the royal or editorial we, meaning myself
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aforementioned
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/əˈfɔɹˌmɛnʃənd/
mentioned earlier in the same text or conversation
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whereof
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/wɛrˈʌv/
of which or of whom; now chiefly formal or archaic
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thereto
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/ˌðɛɚˈtuː/
to that or to it, chiefly in formal, legal, or literary language
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vis-a-vis
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/ˈviːzəvi/
In relation to; compared with.
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whereto
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/werˈtuː/
to what place or destination; where to
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suchlike
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/ˈsʌtʃˌlaɪk/
of the same or a similar kind
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whereon
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/(h)wɛrˈɑn/
on which or on what; now chiefly formal, literary, or archaic
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hereon
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/hɪrˈɑn/
on this thing, place, or document
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wherewith
C2
/wɛrˈwɪð/
with which; using the thing just mentioned
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nominative
C2
/ˈnɑː.mə.nə.t̬ɪv/
relating to the grammatical case that typically marks the subject of a finite verb
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therefrom
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/ðerˈfrʌm/
from the place, thing, or source just mentioned
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soever
C2
/soʊˈɛvɚ/
In any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how, what, which etc.
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grammarian
C2
/ɡɹəˈmɛɹiən/
a scholar or specialist who studies and describes grammar
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fifthly
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in the fifth place
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syntactic
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/sɪnˈtæktɪk/
related to syntax or the rules governing how words and symbols are arranged
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proprietorial
C2
Behaving as if one owns something or someone; possessive.
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inflect
C2
/ɪnˈflɛkt/
grammar: to change a word's form to express features such as tense, number, case, or gender
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thereunto
C2
/ˌðerˈʌn.tuː/
to that person, thing, place, or matter; to it or to that
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enow
C2
/ɪˈnaʊ/
archaic or dialect: soon; presently
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predication
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/ˌprɛdəˈkeɪʃən/
the grammatical or logical act of asserting a property, action, or class membership of a subject
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whereat
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/wɛɹˈæt/
at which place or thing; at what, in formal or archaic use
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thereunder
C2
/ˌðɛɹˈʌndɚ/
under or beneath the thing just mentioned
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hereupon
C2
/ˌhɪrəˈpɑːn/
immediately after this; at this point; now chiefly formal or archaic
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solecism
C2
/ˈsɑləsɪzəm/
a grammatical error or nonstandard construction in speech or writing
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thereinto
C2
/ˌðerɪnˈtuː/
into that place, thing, situation, or matter
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optative
C2
/ˈɑptətɪv/
grammar: expressing a wish, hope, or possibility through a verb form or construction
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enclitic
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/ɪnˈklɪt.ɪk/
a clitic that is phonologically dependent on and attaches to the preceding word
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