Mandy asks…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.Nancy answers:Prepositions are fewest in number, I believe.
About, above, across, after, against, among, before, behind,
