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Parts of Speech

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~ parts of speech

noun
plural noun: parts of speech
  1. a category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions. 

In English, the 8 main parts of speech are:
  • noun: person, animal, place, object, or idea
  • pronoun: takes the place of a noun
  • adjective: describes a noun or pronoun
  • verb: describes action or state of being 
    • is, are, was, were
  • adverb: describes a verb, adjective or another adverb
  • preposition: joined with a noun to function as an adjective or adverb
  • conjunction: a word used to connect clauses or to coordinate words in the same claus
  • interjection: an abrupt remark of exclamation