{"id":10060,"date":"2020-01-31T22:52:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T03:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transfer.writingcommons.org\/?post_type=section&p=10060"},"modified":"2023-07-23T21:06:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T20:06:43","slug":"parts-of-speech","status":"publish","type":"section","link":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/grammar\/parts-of-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"The 9 Parts of Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Parts of Speech<\/em> refers to the different ways words can function in a sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are 9 Parts of Speech in English:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parts of Speech<\/strong><\/td>Grammatical Function<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1. Articles<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2. Adjectives<\/td>modifies noun<\/td><\/tr>
3. Adverbs<\/td>a word used to modify verbs and verb phrases<\/td><\/tr>
4. Conjunctions<\/a><\/td>joins words<\/td><\/tr>
5. Interjections<\/td>use of punctuation to denote emotions<\/td><\/tr>
6. Nouns<\/td>Noun <\/td><\/tr>
7. Prepositions<\/td>show relationship<\/td><\/tr>
8. Pronouns<\/a><\/td>word used to replace nouns<\/td><\/tr>
9. Verbs<\/a><\/td>describe action or state of being<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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