parts of speech
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Parts of speech are the fundamental building blocks of traditional grammar. You must learn them thoroughly in order to progress successfully through this book. Many students will already have a foundation in parts of speech. However, all students should pay close attention to this chapter since it is easy to become confused about some of the finer points of parts of speech (e.g., the various types of verbs) if students simply assume that they "already know" this material.
We need this terminology. Just as you would not trust a physician who said that your "thingamabob is out of whack," no one will trust us, or understand us, as experts in the use and analysis of the English language if we simply say, "Your sentence thingamabobs are out of whack."
The eight essential building blocks (parts of speech) of English traditional grammar are the following:
1. nouns
2...