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yes
Adverb
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A word that is used to agree or accept.
Yes, I eat fish.
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A word used to not agree with a negative sentence or question.
You are not tall. Yes, I am tall.
You do not want it, do you? Yes, I do.
Isn't William your brother? Yes, he is my brother.
yes
Interjection
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Used to show excitement or joy
I won! Yes!
yes
Noun
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A yes is an answer that agrees or accepts.
She gave him a yes.
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A yes is a vote for a thing.
The vote count was six "yesses" and one "no."
I
Pronoun
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The person who is speaking or writing
I am writing this, and you are reading it.
I
Noun
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The ninth letter or the alphabet; previous H, next J. I is a vowel.
I
Symbol
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A symbol meaning first, as in "George I" (which is said as "George the first").
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The symbol for iodine on the periodic table of elements.
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The symbol for electrical current.
I
Number
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This is the roman numeral for one (1). It may be written as I or i.
i
Noun
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The ninth letter or the alphabet; previous H, next J. I is a vowel.
get
Verb
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To start to have; to take. When one person gives something, the other person gets the thing.
The woman goes to the store and gets a new dress.
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Become.
The problem got worse.
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You use get to make the passive voice, especially when the thing that happened is bad.
He got hit by a car.
it
Pronoun
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used to refer to an object without identifying or describing it; the object might have been described earlier in the text.
The house was very big. It had many rooms.
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used to describe the weather
It is very hot today.
I'm staying in because it is raining
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used to describe a situation in general
I don't like it when people tell me to do something.
It is hard to find a job.
it
Abbreviation
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It can be a short way of writing:
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# Italy or Italian
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# Information Technology, the use of computers