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    PARTS OF SPEECH AND WORD CLASSES

    OLD-FASHIONED
    LATIN GRAMMAR
    • Never split an infinitive.
    • Never end a sentence with a
    preposition.

    If these rules were followed, we


    wouldn’t have phrases like ‘to
    boldly go’ and sentences like ‘I have
    nobody to go with’.
    TRADITIONAL PARTS OF SPEECH
    1. Noun: naming word (a chance)
    2. Pronoun: noun substitute (their last chance)
    3. Verb: doing or being word (they lost the chance)
    4. Adjective: describes nouns or pronouns (fat chance)
    5. Adverb: describes adjectives, verbs, or other adverbs (a very slim chance; she
    danced divinely)
    6. Article: specifies definiteness or indefiniteness of a noun (the dance; a good
    chance)
    7. Conjunction: joining word (a slim chance and a very slim chance)
    8. Preposition: word that positions (at the dance)
    9. Interjection: conveys emotion or sentiment (Wow! What a dance!)

    TRADITIONAL PARTS OF SPEECH

    However, the good goblin apparently


    conjunction article adjective noun adverb

    noticed
    verb
    me
    pronoun
    in
    preposition
    the
    article
    crowd.
    noun
    Gosh!
    interjection
    WORDS AS
    MULTIPLE PARTS
    OF SPEECH
    That’s such a happy face.
    In this sentence, ‘face’ is a noun.

    I can’t face that mountain of work.


    But in this sentence, ‘face’ is
    the verb.

    TWO CLASSES OF WORDS


    Form-class words
    • Also called open or lexical words
    • Comprise the central subject matter in dictionaries

    Structure-class words
    • Also called closed, grammatical, or function words
    • Contribute grammatical-structural meaning to the text
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