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... Speech , Other Grammatical Terms , Punctuation Marks , and Capital Letters . It should be borne in mind that most of these short definitions will be expanded and discussed in later chapters . THE PARTS OF SPEECH First , let us examine ...
... Speech , Other Grammatical Terms , Punctuation Marks , and Capital Letters . It should be borne in mind that most of these short definitions will be expanded and discussed in later chapters . THE PARTS OF SPEECH First , let us examine ...
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... speech ; in Chapter III we shall turn to syntax and consider how words are related to each other in sentences . The eight parts of speech are : nouns , pronouns , verbs , adjectives , adverbs , prepositions , conjunctions , and ...
... speech ; in Chapter III we shall turn to syntax and consider how words are related to each other in sentences . The eight parts of speech are : nouns , pronouns , verbs , adjectives , adverbs , prepositions , conjunctions , and ...
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... SPEECH LEVELS The most casual student of English soon becomes aware of the fact that there are several different speech levels . Some words are unmistakably literary or bookish ; some are neutral ; still others are colloquial or ...
... SPEECH LEVELS The most casual student of English soon becomes aware of the fact that there are several different speech levels . Some words are unmistakably literary or bookish ; some are neutral ; still others are colloquial or ...
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abbreviations adjective adverb antecedent apposition asked auxiliary verbs begin called capital Chapter colloquial comma complement complete composition compound sentence coordinating conjunction diagraming dictionary direct object driven emphasis English essay example expressions following sentences gender gerund give grammar hyphen idea IMPERATIVE MOOD important IMPROVED independent clause INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive interest italic type italics language letter look Mark indicating means modifiers MOOD noun or pronoun Oakhurst paragraph PAST PARTICIPLE PAST PERFECT past tense periodic sentence phrase plural Poker Flat predicate noun preposition PRESENT principal problem proper nouns prose punctuation question quotation marks reader reference relative pronouns requires rules semicolon simple sentence singular speak speech story style subjective complement SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD subordinate tence thing third person thought tion told topic sentence uncle usage usually words writing