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Stative verb

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State of action

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Dynamic verb

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Express physical action

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Deontic modal verb

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Express certainty

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Epistemic modal verb

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Express posibility

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Modal verb

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Express posibility

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Auxiliary verb

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Helping verb

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Pre modifier

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Adjective / noun in front

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Post modifier

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Adjective / noun after

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Superlative adjective

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An object, upper or lower limit of quality

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Comparative adjective

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Difference between two objectives they modify

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Abstract nouns

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Not physical

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Concrete nouns

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Physical

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Pronouns

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Someone or something

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Low frequency

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Less used

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High frequency

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More used

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Latinate

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Dirived from latin

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Jargon

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Specialised words

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Ellipsis

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Leaving out words that are repeated

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Taboo language

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Harsh language

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Dysphemism

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Unpleasant term

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Euphemism

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Softens uncomfortable topic

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Idiom

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Different from how it sounds

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Standard English

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Proper english

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Vulgarism

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Harsh language

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Contraction

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Shortening + combining 2 words

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Slang

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Informal words

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Lexical field

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Related by meaning

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Semantic field

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Related by abstract meaning

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Collocation

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Predictable combination of words