Content vs. Function

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Content vs. Function

Content words

Numbers

This, that, these, etc.

Long prepositions

Question words

Interjections

Adverbs

Main verb

Adjectives

Nouns

Said slower, longer, louder

Carry the meaning of the sentence

Function Words

Nonstressed

Small jobs within the sentence

Act like glue

Join ideas together

Examples

Articles

Modal verbs

Auxilary verbs

Conjunctions

Pronouns

Possessive adjective

Short prepostitions