# Stop words Closed-class words, such as articles, pronouns, and conjunctions. In English, words such as *a, is, she, the, that*, and *will* are filtered out of a search query. For example, in the query *the red house*, the search discards *the* and searches for the terms *red,house*. But this feature is disabled if stop words are part of a phrase surrounded by quotes, then stop words are not discounted *“the red house”* searches for all 3 words in that exact order. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://help.cabi.org/cabi-digital-library-help/search/stop-words.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.