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Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech. Effective Communication for Colleges , 10 th ed by Brantley and Miller Thomson South-Western. Nouns. “All the facts of nature are nouns of the intellect, and make the grammar of the eternal language. Every word has a double, treble, or centuple use and meaning.”

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Parts of Speech

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  1. Parts of Speech Effective Communication for Colleges, 10th ed by Brantley and Miller Thomson South-Western

  2. Nouns “All the facts of nature are nouns of the intellect, and make the grammar of the eternal language. Every word has a double, treble, or centuple use and meaning.” Ralph Waldo Emerson U.S. essayist, poet, philosopher (1803-1882)

  3. Pronouns “When a tiny word gives you a big headache, it’s probably a pronoun.” Patricia T. O’Conner Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better Englishin Plain English (2003)

  4. Verbs “They’ve a temper, some of them—particularly verbs: they’re the proudest—adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs—however, I can manage the whole lot of them!” Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] British author, mathematician, clergyman (1832-1898)

  5. Adjectives “As to the adjective, when in doubt, strike it out.” Mark Twain American writer (1835-1910)

  6. Adverbs “I’m glad you like adverbs—I adore them; they are the only qualifications I really much respect.” Henry James Letter to Miss M. Betham Edwards (January 5, 1912)

  7. Prepositions “Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.” Winston Churchill English statesman (1874-1965)

  8. Interjections “I’m like wow! is an interjection, and while it shows up way too often in speech these days, it rarely sees the light of day in writing, primarily because those who utter lots of I’mlikewows don’t often write very much.” C. Edward Good A Grammar Book for You and I . . . OOPS, Me! (2002)

  9. Conjunctions “In our grammatical house, conjunctions are the archways between adjoining rooms, the hallways connecting bedrooms, the staircases leading from floor to floor. Conjunctions, whose name comes from the Latin for ‘join with,’ connect words, phrases, and clauses.” Constance Hale Sin and Syntax—How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose (1999)

  10. Sentences “You want to write a sentence as clean as a bone. That is the goal.” James Baldwin American writer (1924-1987)

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