# Throwaway connectives

Throwaway connectives are a class of AQL modifiers that have no effect on command
 execution.

These modifiers allow use of a syntax closer to a natural, human language. These words reside
 in the master dictionary. The normal set includes:

a

are

data

file

for

in

is

items

of

the

The list of available throwaway connectives can easily be expanded by copying any one of the
 previous items in the master dictionary to new items. This makes tailoring vocabularies to
 different languages easier. Any item in the master dictionary with `cz` in
 attribute 1 is a throwaway connective.

## Example(s)

The following example creates new throwaway connectives, `displaying`,
 `showing`, and `field`.

```
copy md a a a
to: displaying showing field
```
After adding the new items, the following sentence is
now possible:

```
sort the customer file showing the name field
```
where the, `file`, `showing`, and `field` are all ignored, but would provide for
a more grammatically correct sentence and is the same as:

```
sort customer name
```

## See also

- [listconn command](https://d3codex.com/tcl/listconn-command/)

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Source: https://d3codex.com/access/throwaway-connectives/ - part of the D3Codex reference.