Grammar & Function Words
Small words that connect, point, compare, negate, and structure sentences.
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yah
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/jɑː/
a dialect or eye-dialect spelling of you
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yer
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/jɚ/
nonstandard pronunciation spelling of your
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nigh
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/naɪ/
Near in time or space; close at hand.
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thyself
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/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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lor
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/lɔɹ/
a sentence-final particle in Singapore and Malaysian English that emphasizes an obvious conclusion, resignation, or inevitability
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summat
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/ˈsʌm.ət/
something, in nonstandard Northern and Midlands English
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ut
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/uːt/
music: the original solfege name for the first note of a major scale, now usually called do
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owt
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/aʊt/
Northern English dialect: anything
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ourself
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/ˌaʊɚˈsɛlf/
the reflexive form used with the royal or editorial we, meaning myself
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astride
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/əˈstraɪd/
with one leg on each side of something
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nary
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/ˈnɛri/
informal or dialectal: not a single; not any, used before a singular count noun
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whereof
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/wɛrˈʌv/
of which or of whom; now chiefly formal or archaic
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vis-a-vis
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/ˈviːzəvi/
In relation to; compared with.
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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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agin
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/əˈɡɪn/
a dialect spelling of again
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whoso
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/ˈhuːˌsoʊ/
archaic: whoever; whatever person
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athwart
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/əˈθwɔrt/
from one side of something to the other; across, often at an oblique angle
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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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abaft
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/əˈbæft/
at, near, or toward the stern of a ship
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astraddle
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/əˈstrædəl/
dated or regional: with one leg on each side of something; astride
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agean
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/əˈɡɛn/
dialectal pronunciation spelling of again
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e.g.
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/ˌiˈd͡ʒi/
written abbreviation of Latin exempli gratia, used to introduce one or more examples
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i.e.
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/ˌaɪˈiː/
written abbreviation of Latin id est, used to restate or explain exactly what is meant
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