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    Function words are words that have little lexical meaning but serve grammatical functions. Some function words like wh-words, existential "there", the negator "not", the infinitive marker "to", and numerals cannot be classified as a single group because they each serve distinct grammatical purposes.

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    Function words are words that have little lexical meaning but serve grammatical functions. Some function words like wh-words, existential "there", the negator "not", the infinitive marker "to", and numerals cannot be classified as a single group because they each serve distinct grammatical purposes.

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    Function words are words that have little lexical meaning but serve grammatical functions. Some function words like wh-words, existential "there", the negator "not", the infinitive marker "to", and numerals cannot be classified as a single group because they each serve distinct grammatical purposes.

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    Function words

    1. What is the function of the class function words?


    2. A few classes of function words have special qualities: wh-words, existencial there, the
    negator not, the infinitive marker to, and numerals. Why do you think it’s not possible to
    classify them into a group?

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