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  2. List of English homographs - Wikipedia

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    Some homographs are nouns or adjectives when the accent is on the first syllable, and verbs when it is on the second. When the prefix "re-" is added to a monosyllabic word, the word gains currency both as a noun and as a verb.

  3. Pronunciation of English th - Wikipedia

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    In standard English, the phonetic realization of the two dental fricative phonemes shows less variation than many other English consonants. Both are pronounced either interdentally, with the blade of the tongue resting against the lower part of the back of the upper teeth and the tip protruding slightly, or with the tip of the tongue against the back of the upper teeth.

  4. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    1 Nouns and adjectives. 2 Verbs. 3 Prepositions and other words used to form compound words. 4 See also. 5 Notes. 6 References. Toggle the table of contents.

  5. Postpositive adjective - Wikipedia

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    Certain individual adjectives, or words of adjectival type, are typically placed after the noun. Their use is not limited to particular noun(s). Those beginning a before an old substantive word can be equally seen as adverbial modifiers (or nouns/pronouns), intuitively expected to be later (see below). à gogo — as in "fun and games à gogo"

  6. Lists of pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    Lists of pejorative terms for people include: . List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names

  7. Comparison (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    Comparison is a feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are rendered in an inflected or periphrastic way to indicate a comparative degree, property, quality, or quantity of a corresponding word, phrase, or clause.

  8. Function word - Wikipedia

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    In the open class of words, i.e., nouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs, new words may be added readily, such as slang words, technical terms, and adoptions and adaptations of foreign words. Each function word either: gives grammatical information about other words in a sentence or clause , and cannot be isolated from other words; or gives ...

  9. Th-fronting - Wikipedia

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    Th-fronting is the pronunciation of the English "th" as "f" or "v". When th-fronting is applied, becomes or (for example, three is pronounced like free) and becomes or (for example, further is pronounced like fervour). (Here "fronting" refers to the position in the mouth where the sound is produced, not the position of the sound in the word ...