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interjection
used when you want to start talking about something or want to continue discussing it after a pause
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Used when pausing while speaking
like
adjective, adverb, conjunction, preposition
used when you pause while you are thinking what to say next, or because of a habit in the way that you speak
you know
used while you think about what to say next
I’m sorry
used for interrupting yourself to correct a mistake that you have made while speaking
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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