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Language Name: English [English]

Scripts

  • Latin

Parts of Speech

POS Common abbreviations
noun n
adjective adj
pronoun pron
numeral num
verb v
adverb adv
preposition prep
determiner det
conjunction conj
particle prt
interjection interj

Articles

  • Indefinite: a, an

  • exceptions: a lot|bit|few|little|minute|while|posteriori|priori|fortiori

  • Definite: the

Inflection information

  • Nouns marked for: Number, Person, Possessive

Copula

  • to be ..., be ... [Remove "to be" or "be" accordingly]

Indefinite pronouns

  • something|someone|somebody; something or someone; some (other) thing [Remove]

Inchoatives

  • to become ..., become ... [Remove; add mcs with superclass art-316:Inchoative_of]

Causatives

  • to make ..., make ... [Remove "to"; add mcs with superclass art-316:Causative_of]
  • exceptions: make space, make room, make love, make out

Hyponymy

  • (a) kind|type|sort|species of; k.o, k.o. [Remove; add mcs with superclass art-300:IsA]

Other notes

  • Verbs in infinitive may be in the form "to verb"; remove "to"
  • exceptions: to there, to him/her/it/me/you/us, to