[简答题]
Read the following paragraph and list all the function word, including all forms of be. Give the percentage of function words in this paragraph：She was a small woman, old and wrinkled. When she started washing for us, she was already past seventy. Most Jewish women of her age were sickly, weak, broken in body. But this washwoman, small and thin as she was, possessed a strength that came from generations of peasant ancestors. Mother would count out to her a bag of laundry that had accumulated over several weeks. She would lift the heavy bag, load it on her narrow shoulders, and carry it the long way home.
The function words in this paragraph include: she, was,
A, and, when, she, for, she, was, past, of, her, were, in, but, this, and, as, she,
A, that, from, of, would, to, her,
A, of, that, had, over, she, would, the, ti, on, her, and, it, the.
Altogether there are 85 words in the paragraph, including 40 function words and 45 lexical words. Therefore, the percentage of function words is 40/8547%.
