Active 4 years ago. Viewed 60k times. There appears to be some disagreement over what function yes and no perform in the following sentences: Yes , you are right.
No , you are mistaken. So, which, if anything, is it and why is opinion so divided? Improve this question. The first sentence of the Wikipedia quote appears to be entirely correct! And it may answer the "why is opinion so divided" question. Opinion is so divided about their grammatical status because they aren't part of grammar at all, but rather pragmatics, like "Uh-oh", "Mmm-hmmmm", "Uh Donatus didn't include speech particles in his original Eight Parts of Speech , but then he didn't include Adjectives, either.
JohnLawler If they are not grammatical, are these lexicographers being lazy or incompetent? Is pragmatics a hypernym for sentence words, word sentences, pro-sentences, and minor sentences? I'd appreciate a detailed answer ; thanks! It's a big subject, and largely not covered in dictionaries, which don't deal with grammar, either, after all. I have no idea who those lexicographers you mention are, but I hope they don't lose their job over this. Worth or worthwhile? Outsets and onsets!
No or not? No or not any? Responding to a question. No problem , no good , not worth. See also: Not No , none and none of Negation Worth or worthwhile? Popular searches 01 Adverbs and adverb phrases: position 02 Other , others , the other or another? Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes.
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Comparison: adjectives bigger , biggest , more interesting Comparison: clauses bigger than we had imagined Comparison: comparisons of equality as tall as his father As … as. Adverbs Adverb phrases Adverbs and adverb phrases: position Adverbs and adverb phrases: typical errors Adverbs: forms Adverbs: functions Adverbs: types Comparison: adverbs worse, more easily Fairly Intensifiers very, at all Largely Much , a lot , lots , a good deal : adverbs Pretty Quite Rather Really Scarcely Very.
Above or over? Across , over or through? Advice or advise? Affect or effect? All or every? All or whole? Allow , permit or let? Almost or nearly? Alone , lonely , or lonesome? Along or alongside? Already , still or yet? Also , as well or too? Alternate ly , alternative ly Although or though? Altogether or all together?
Amount of , number of or quantity of? Any more or anymore? Anyone , anybody or anything? So it took a little more work than expected, but I'm happy I kept at it after the first couple of blunders. Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: the UBY project mentioned above , mongodb and express. Currently, this is based on a version of wiktionary which is a few years old. I plan to update it to a newer version soon and that update should bring in a bunch of new word senses for many words or more accurately, lemma.
In case one catches cold; Ah, yes! They used to believe in witchcraft, and they burned millions— yes , millions—of innocent women as witches. New Word List Word List. Save This Word! Yes, I do. Oh, yes I will! That was a marvelous show!
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