English - Word

About

Every word has:

• a form, what it looks like,
• and a function, what it does in the sentence.

See its counterpart Natural Language - Token (Word|Term)

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Example

• Where are you going?
  • Form: Adverb
  • Function: Adverb (it answers the question “Where?”)

• Where did we get to?
  • Form: Pronoun (it stands in place of a noun; e.g., I got to page 4) ; Page 4 is where I got to.)
  • Function: Adverb (it answers the question “Where?”)

• This is the place where my sister works.
  • Form: Adverb
  • Function: Relative Adverb (it modifies the noun “the place”)

Number

In English grammar, number indicates if a word is singular or plural.

Visualize

• https://github.com/wooorm/short-words - lengthy words
• https://github.com/wooorm/common-words - rare words

Reference

• Crafting an Effective Writer: Tools of the Trade