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English Parts of Speech

Nouns: Person, place, thing (Mary, mountains, building)
Pronouns: replaces nouns (his, her, I)
Verb: action (swim, eat)
Adjectives: descriptions (fantastic, gorgerous)
Adverb: change, modify, describe verbs (hastily, gracefully)
Prepositions: relationships. Condition, direction, location, time (behind, on, in spite of)
Conjunctions: joins.
Coordinating Conjunctions: (FANBOYS - Fan And Nor But Or Yet So)
Correlative Conjunctions: together with coordinating (either...or, not only...but also, both...and)
Adverbial Conjunctions: Joining adverbs, glues 2 complete thoughts, conclusions (HOT SHOT CAT - However, Otherwise, Therefore, Similarly, Hence, On the other hand, Thus, Consequently, Also, Then, nevertheless, in addition, consequently)
Subordinate Conjunctions: Reduces its relationships. (as, because, even though, although, since)
Interjections: express emotions or suprise (duh! huh? wow! hey! Ugh!)

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