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Austin asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 decade ago

What is the LEAST common part of speech wordwise in the English language?

I'd like to know which of the 8 parts of speech (if there are still 8) has the fewest amount of words in the English language. If I can know it, I can fish through my dictionary and find all of them, so that I can group them together and learn new words. Thanks to all who answer in advance.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Prepositions are fewest in number, I believe.

    About, above, across, after, against, among, before, behind, beside, between, down, during, ...

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