Noun= A person, thing, idea or quality:
man, husband, girl, table, country, cello, sadness, deception, anger.
Verb= Doing word:
run, grow, develop, cry, occur, punch- these basic forms are known as infinitives and usually are pre-fixed with 'to'. Putting a word between 'to' and the infinitive is called a split infinitive and should not be done. The most popular split infinitive is Star Trek's 'To boldly go...'
Pro-nouns= she, him, anything, they.
I, you, we, he, she, it, we, and they = subjective
Me, you, us, him, her, it, and them = objective
Anything ending in 'self' or 'selves' = reflexive
Names such as Milly, Jonathan, Kate, Mrs. Robinson = proper nouns
Adjective= describes a noun:
'PINK table.' or 'The table is PINK.'
Three versions of this: absolute 'pink', comparative 'pinker', and superlative 'pinkest'.
Adverb: words ending in 'ly':
Slowly, kindly, happily.
ADVERBS ARE OFTEN ABUSED AND OVERUSED. AVOID ADVERBS WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
Prepositions: after, in, to, with, under, over, between, at, by, without and many more. You don't end a sentence with a preposition. For example it's not:
'The girl you danced with.'
Correctly, it's: 'The girl with whom you danced.'
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