Open Word Classes
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adjectives
a cappella a deux a gogo
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adverbs
accidentally afterwards almost
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nouns
a bed of nails a bit a bitter pill (to swallow)
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verbs (except auxiliary verbs)
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interjections
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Closed Word Classes
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auxiliary verbs
am are
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proclitics
a an the
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enclitics
em 'll 'm
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mesoclitics
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endoclitics
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conjunctions
and but for
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articles (determiners)
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quantifiers (determiners)
all few many
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demonstrative adjectives (determiners)
this these that
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possessive adjectives (determiners)
this these that
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particles
along away back
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measure words
centimeter foot gallon
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prepositions (adpositions)
aboard above above all
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postpositions (adpositions)
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circumpositions (adpositions)
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preverbs
a cut above a drop in the bucket a kick in the pants
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pronouns
a bad lot a few a whole lot
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contractions
ain't
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cardinal numbers
one four thirty
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