

The small set of function words in a language, by contrast, is much more fixed and relatively steady over centuries." (James R. naff, grungy) also not infrequently come into use. Some English prepositions serve a mainly grammatical function, like of (what is the meaning of of?) and others have clear descriptive (and relational) content, like under. New content words in a language can be readily invented new nouns, in particular, are continually being coined, and new verbs (e.g. They have some semantic content, but are a small closed class, allowing hardly any historical innovation. Identifying the audience’s demographics, education, prior knowledge, and expectations will affect how and what you write. The four common academic purposes are to summarize, to analyze, to synthesize, and to evaluate. have, is, can, will do), coordinating conjunctions ( and, or, but), and subordinating conjunctions (e.g. The content of each paragraph and document is shaped by purpose, audience, and tone. I, me, you, she, them), various auxiliary verbs (e.g. In English, function words include determiners, such as the, a, my, your, pronouns (e.g. I represent the distracted center." (Jon Stewart)


