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Traditional grammar classifies a word based on the following 8 parts of speech (Note: A proper noun is a type of noun, not a part of speech).
| Type | Example |
|---|---|
| Adjectives | A word that is used to describe or qualify a noun or pronoun. It tells what what kind, how many or which ones. |
| Adverb | A word used to describe a verb. It tells where, how or when and frequently ends in -ly. |
| Conjunction | A word that is used to join words or groups of words. |
| Interjection | A word that is used to express strong emotion. |
| Noun | A word that names a person, place, thing or idea. |
| Proper Noun | A specific name for a person, place or thing. Proper nouns are capitalized and usually do not have a plural form. |
| Preposition | A word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word. |
| Pronoun | A word that is used in place of a noun. |
| Verb | A word that shows physical or mental action, being or state of being. It is a word that used to say something about the noun or pronoun. |
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