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The Parts of
Speech
by David P. Tower and
Benjamin F. Tweed
as reported by Barbara
Wallraff author of the book Word Court and
senior editor and words columnist for the Atlantic
Monthly.
Three little
words you often see,
Are articles: "a," "an," and "the." |
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A noun's the
name of anything,
As: "school" or "garden," "toy," or "swing." |
AVKO Note: Abstract nouns are things
we can talk about but never see such as justice,
nationality, intelligence. |
Adjectives
tell the kind of noun,
As: "great," "small," "pretty," "white," or
"brown." |
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Verbs tell of
something being done:
"To read," "write," "count," "sing," "jump," or
"run." |
AVKO Note: Or just to "be" as in: am,
are, is, was, were, be, or will be" |
How things
are done the adverbs tell,
As: "slowly," "quickly," "badly," "well." |
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When I learned this rhyme
as a child, we used the word "king" instead of "swing"
as the word swing can also be a verb as in
"You should swing at any ball that is in the strike zone."
If you ever have
questions about grammar or words, you can't do better than
to ask Barbara Wallraff.
Don McCabe.
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