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what
Pronoun
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What is used to ask for information about things.
What did you see?
What do you mean?
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What is used to add a clause with more information.
I don't know what you mean.
I'll tell you what to do.
I'll see what I can do to help.
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What is used when you want to describe something instead of naming it.
Take what you can find.
Can I see what you did?
I could change it if that's what you want.
what
Determinative
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What is used to ask about the member(s) of a group.
What book did you buy?
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What is used to add a clause to identify the member(s) of a group.
I don't know what problems you mean.
I'll tell you what button to push.
I'll see what food I can give.
what
Adjective
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used to show that you feel strongly about something.
What a great book this is!
does
Noun
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A female deer.
We saw three does at the zoo.
that
Determiner
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Used to show which thing we are talking about; used with things that are not close to the speaker.
Give me that book, not this one.
Give me that, not this.
That dog is hungry.
that
Subordinator
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used to link a subordinate clause to a main one
You said that you liked me.
Give me the book that I dropped.
mean
Verb
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A word means something when the word expresses the same idea as the other something.
Slay means kill. Both of them mean to make dead.
mean
Adjective
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When you are a mean person, you are not nice.
The boys who hit you were very mean.
mean
Noun
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The mean is a measure of the average of a list of numbers. The sum total of the numbers divided by how many numbers in the list.
The mean of the numbers 2,3,4 is 3. (2+3+4)/3 = 9/3 = 3.