| 单词 | part of speech |
| 例句 | We must imagine the morphogenesis of deep structures, built into our minds, for coding out, like proteins, the parts of speech. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What other part of speech than a noun is "rupture"? Ans. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z “She means vampire, not seaweed, but it doesn’t matter. It’s too warm to be particular about one’s parts of speech,” murmured Jo. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Combine and define confine + ment.—What other part of speech than a verb is "confine"? Ans. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z If this is true, it would mean that the human mind is preset, in some primary sense, to generate more than just the parts of speech. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z These are the “parts of speech” that should be familiar even to people who were educated after the 1960s. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He thought of it as a new part of speech: the silent man. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Adverbs are, in general, considered weak parts of speech, at least per Strunk and White’s controversial dictum, “Write with nouns and verbs, not with adjectives and adverbs.” A Certain Word Is Really Getting on My Nerves 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z In the book’s best essay, she investigates the parts of speech as tools for understanding the universe and our place in it. ‘The Condition of Secrecy’ Teems With Love for Language and the Natural World 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Given "serictery," Christine Alex, a Chicago seventh grader, asked for a definition, use in a sentence, word origin, part of speech and pronunciation after pronunciation. Fist pumps, visualization carry youngsters into U.S. spelling finals 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Sometimes old-fashioned in her syntax, using phrases like “set about” and “I suppose,” Schulz likes to turn parts of speech over and examine them, like stones. ‘Lost & Found’ Ponders Profound Grief Alongside Newfound Love 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z She created sets of words and divided them by phonetic pronunciation, part of speech, language of origin and definition. Spelling whiz shares her tips to beating the competition: Steady discipline, not a blitzkrieg 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z One aspect of the art of rhyme is to avoid grammatical monotony by rhyming varied parts of speech. Poem of the week: When summer's end is nighing by AE Housman 2011-08-15T08:46:43Z “It used to be nerdy to discuss parts of speech outside of grammar class,” Baron, a professor emeritus of English and linguistics at the University of Illinois, writes. English’s Pronoun Problem Is Centuries Old 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z By focusing not just on the parts of speech but on how those parts of speech are used, her analysis gets away from a dependence on words and spelling. Forensic linguistics: Do your e-mails, texts and tweets reveal clues to your identity? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Are we talking about parts of speech, burial custom, family gatherings, cornbread, religion? Glenn Taylor's top 10 books of the American South 2011-04-13T09:41:42Z My mother had banned those the summer before when she found one fully completed without any regard for the parts of speech beyond the four-letter variety. My fantasies of mass murder 2013-03-05T01:00:00Z A. There are times when she uses a lot of different parts of speech in a phrase together — and that’s really impressive to me. The story behind Stella, the first ‘talking’ dog. It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z But these terms had not morphed into abstract symbols, nor did they spread to every other part of speech. This Ancient Language Has the Only Grammar Based Entirely on the Human Body 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z He asked for all the word’s information — its definition, part of speech, orthography, use in a sentence — but he didn’t need it, evidenced by a slight smile as he spoke. This Year’s Spelling Bee Champion Didn’t Schweat the Schwa 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Before panelists can debate the words picked for the bee, they need to hear each word and its language of origin, part of speech, definition and exemplary sentence read aloud. Exclusive secrets of the National Spelling Bee: Picking the words to identify a champion 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z What is the mechanism for, say, changing one part of speech into another? How to speak Na'vi: An interview with the creator of the alien language in "Avatar" 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Understanding that language is composed of definite descriptions and predicates can help us remove some of the ambiguity and vagueness that is a natural part of speech. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z You first have to develop a foundational knowledge by learning how the individual parts of the bike work and how to use them, just as you learn the parts of speech of a language. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Rapid, alternating movements are part of speech as well. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z One early draft of the speech also included support for an effort to restrict members of Congress from trading individual stocks, according to a different person briefed on that part of speech. Biden wanted to use the State of the Union for his agenda. Then Russia started a land war. 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z No part of speech has drawn more ink in recent years than pronouns, which aren’t just for males and females anymore. He said, she said: Pronoun throwdown erupts as critics push back on transgender language 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Understanding that language is composed of definite descriptions and predicates can help us remove some of the ambiguity and vagueness that is a natural part of speech. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Pronouns are one of the eight main parts of speech, the others being nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Designed by speech-language pathologists and vocabulary design specialists at Talk to Me Technologies, which is the company that sells the board, the different parts of speech are categorized in sections. Editorial Roundup: Nebraska 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z There are also tools like Grammarly that will highlight and explain various parts of speech and language rules, which some people find really helpful. The Verge’s Kara Verlaney on copy editing and its tools 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z “He would use all the words, in all the parts of speech . . . into poetry. It was symphonic.” Maryland political titan Thomas V. Mike Miller remembered as powerful friend, ally, foe 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z They use small slips of paper with hand-written parts of speech and place them on colorful wooden pieces of a sentence analysis kit. 2 schools aim for ‘purposeful’ learning in Montessori method 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Pronouns are the most political parts of speech. Opinion | What Quakers Can Teach Us About the Politics of Pronouns 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z But he said political advertising could be considered part of speech and the slope of deciding which issues were political and which were not would be too slippery to navigate. Defiant Zuckerberg Says Facebook Won’t Police Political Speech 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Step 6: Create a grammar handbook to describe five parts of speech. Bulletin Board 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z NLP technology uses machine-learning algorithms that tag parts of speech and the relationships between words to analyze the meaning in text and audio. A.I. 101: What is artificial intelligence and where is it going? 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z If they “were parts of speech,” she writes, “they would be once both nouns and verbs.” Essential Arts: Fiery missives for Peter Zumthor and the architects of the Miracle Mile 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z After the microphone was lowered to an appropriate height, Faizan asked for the definition and part of speech. ‘It’s honestly amazing’: Foiled by ‘knoll,’ a 7-year-old looks ahead to next year’s Spelling Bee 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z A word’s part of speech is often crucial. How to build a spelling bee champion 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Mrs. Sokolowski is right that formal grammar instruction, like identifying parts of speech, doesn’t work well. A Wakeup Call on Writing Instruction (Now, What’s an Adverb?) 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z She asked for the definition, its part of speech and language of origin. National Spelling Bee Winner Cements Victory With ‘Marocain’ 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z But fluency is also a function of familiarity, as grammar offers few clues as to the parts of speech that are not so much idioms as loose affinities. Love in Translation 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z SyntaxNet helps machines to break down sentences into their component parts of speech and to decode the relationships between words and phrases. Google’s Open-Source Parsey McParseface Helps Machines Understand English 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z In my early days as a journalist, I studied New York Times stories line by line: lengths, varieties, parts of speech, ledes, kickers. Ben Franklin's Secret to Becoming a Better Writer 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z It is like a three-dimensional living history book in which the stories, words and parts of speech are things instead of words. Author Unlocks the Realities of a Mythic Arctic Sea Route 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z After cycling through her questions about the origin, part of speech, definition and alternative pronunciations, Shivashankar nailed the byzantine mess of letters that is scherenschnitte. The Scripps National Spelling Bee Ends In a Tie Again 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z He visits the website onelook.com, which shows how words work with other words, or sketchengine.co.uk, which combs texts and concordances, flags parts of speech and shows how a specific word appears in billions of words of text. The Weird Science of Naming New Products 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Remember back in junior high school when your English teacher taught you how to diagram sentences and identify different parts of speech? Getting Over Big Data's Creepy Factor 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z For every word the researchers identified features — the number of letters, the part of speech, whether it was associated with a character or action or emotion or conversation. Lab-coated Muggles use Harry Potter to study brain 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z For every word the researchers identified features - the number of letters, the part of speech, whether it was associated with a character or action or emotion or conversation. Lab-coated Muggles use Harry Potter to study brain 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z For every word, the researchers identified features — the number of letters, the part of speech, if it was associated with a character or action or emotion or conversation. Reading Harry Potter gives clues to brain activity 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z For every word, the researchers identified features - the number of letters, the part of speech, if it was associated with a character or action or emotion or conversation. Reading Harry Potter gives clues to brain activity 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Yes, this is a somewhat Schumpeterian “creative destruction” view, but I also want to draw attention to the part of speech and my intentional use of a verb. Entrepreneurship Requires Practice: Part 1-- The Five Practices 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Turkish is an agglutinative language, in which the various parts of speech, tense and case markers are run together. 12 untranslatable words (and their translations) 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Al eventually delves into some brief grammar lessons, so you might actually learn a thing or two about parts of speech by listening. Weird Al's 'Blurred Lines' parody skewers Reddit and doge for grammar crimes 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z The software analyzes parts of speech to assess the context in which a word is used. How Researchers Classified Facebook Posts as ‘Happy’ or ‘Sad’ - Digits - WSJ 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z He asked for multiple repetitions, definitions and part of speech before saying “whatever” and attempting to spell the word. Spelling Bee Crowns 2 Champs, a First Since 1962 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z If he thought he knew a word, the 15-year-old didn’t bother to do what nearly every speller does: ask questions about the definition, etymology and part of speech, just to be sure. 5 memorable moments from the National Spelling Bee 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Some of the students, as they asked for definitions, parts of speech and origins, spoke in breaking preteen tones. Dozens eliminated in first rounds of National Spelling Bee In a kind of “anaphora mining,” we combine the words, their parts of speech and something of their semantic content to identify common rhetorical structures. Bits Blog: Data-Driven Aesthetics 2013-06-20T01:43:49Z Our oldest started learning the parts of speech in class this year, so we introduced him to two happy relics of our childhood: Mad Libs and Schoolhouse Rock! James Poniewozik: Reality TV Is the New Family TV 2013-05-23T18:05:27Z One side effect of this sluggishness is the inability to process the fast-moving parts of speech, particularly consonants at the beginning of words that sound alike, such as "b," "p," "g," and "d." Say What? Better Hearing Takes Practice 2013-02-13T22:50:00Z It is, Mr. Kleinberg notes, basically the same sequence of parts of speech as the quotidian “I met him in Boston.” Unboxed: Literary History, Seen Through Big Data’s Lens 2013-01-26T20:41:24Z Once a lemma frequency dictionary was in place for each drug, this information was fed into Wordle to generate the detailed visualizations for each part of speech. Visualizing the Language of Drug Experience 2012-11-26T13:45:03.620Z These were the weeds, the dusty groundsel of words; Ynys was her own vocabulary, every part of her a part of speech.... Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z To sum up the whole, I will give the order in which I taught her the different parts of speech necessary for the knowledge of a language. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z He couldn't have told an adjective from any other part of speech, and his wonder at her amount of learning was all the greater on that account. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z "If they know that you are actually capable of drawing the reins over the 'nine parts of speech,'" I retort, "they did not learn it from me." Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Drug users of all types make use of various parts of speech in similar ways. Visualizing the Language of Drug Experience 2012-11-26T13:45:03.620Z Other parts of speech should be given as opportunities of explaining them present themselves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z It is a disquisition on the affinities of prepositions, the relationships of conjunctions, and the intimacies of other parts of speech. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z A few of her communications I cannot do better than insert here, improving somewhat upon her parts of speech. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z Oohs and aahs are part of speech, but most people would rather have their complete story out, warts and all, then having just a quote out of context. #scio12: Multitudes of Sciences, Multitudes of Journalisms, and the Disappearance of the Quote. 2012-01-18T13:15:12.067Z Notably, the script used to analyze the texts relied on modified versions of four of the Natural Language Toolkit’s prepackaged modules: the word tokenizer, part of speech tagger, WordNetLemmatizer, and collocation finder. Visualizing the Language of Drug Experience 2012-11-26T13:45:03.620Z However, as they gained a greater mastery of the parts of speech, we began to discuss the nuances of word choice and the incorporation of more sophisticated adjectives and verbs. SchoolBook: Mad Libs and Dangling Participles 2012-01-09T19:36:53Z The most frequent and most trifling cases of slips consist in the contractions and foresoundings which show themselves in inconspicuous parts of speech. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z Adverbs, conjunctive, 45; and adjectives confused, 51; and prepositions confused, 52; ideas denoted by, 75; modifying different parts of speech, 75; correct position of, 77; absolute use of, 79; incorrectly used, 81-82. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Contains exercises for reproduction, picture lessons, letter writing, uses of parts of speech, etc. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z Musset, who was very much of a free-lance in the contest, maintained indeed that the differentia of the Romantic was the copious use of this part of speech. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z "A part of speech," said I, "which, according to the dictionary, signifies some action or passion; for example, 'I command you, or I hate you.'" Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z "She means vampire, not sea-weed; but it doesn't matter; it's too warm to be particular about one's parts of speech," murmured Jo. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z Thus at the same time each acts as two parts of speech. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Until recently, I never thought about parts of speech. The Secret Language Code 2011-08-16T13:45:00.370Z One promising method is to develop programs that label words in tweets with parts of speech—such as subject, verb and object—and then use those tags to determine what each tweet is about. Parsing the Twitterverse: New Algorithms Analyze Tweets 2011-07-22T04:15:00.503Z Prepositions are that part of speech, which are so called because they are, commonly, put before the words, which are subsequent to them, as onder and ondanks. The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland 2011-07-20T02:00:17.027Z The scheme is a “part of speech,” and it is a rule. The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z Name the adverbs, explaining what part of speech each modifies. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Divisibility of Verbal Forms to allow the insertion of governed parts of speech, p. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z There are at present few children sent to Kindergartens, who are not too young for the abstracting processes of classing words into parts of speech. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z Rotha learned the parts of speech, and their distinctions and inflexions; also, as far as her mother could recollect them, the rules of syntax. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Grammar is a series of rules regarding the parts of speech, considered singly and collectively. The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z Exercise 63—Parts of Speech There are eight different kinds of words called parts of speech, which are used to make sentences. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z In the first and lowest stage all the elements are material and significant, and there are no true formal parts of speech. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z In language, a beautiful and desirable simplicity is but an appearance, and results only from the good order and sovereign economy of the various parts of speech.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z The suffix -aĉ- denotes badness of quality or condition, and is used with any part of speech to show disparagement, contempt. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z The author admits but of two kinds of words—nouns and verbs, to which he refers all the other parts of speech. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Exercise 64 Each of the following may be used as different parts of speech. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z When the subject is not an independent part of speech, but an affixed pronoun, the analogy of this method of notation to a verbal form increases. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z "I will teach him," said the doctor, "the eight parts of speech, logic, astrology, pneumatics, what is meant by substance and accident, abstract and concrete, the doctrine of the monades, and the pre-established harmony." Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Whatever faults may attach to your parts of speech, it must be owned they usually convey your meaning. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z None of us learned our native tongue by memorizing rules and exceptions for juggling different parts of speech. Understanding the Brain's Brake Pedal in Neural Plasticity 2011-02-22T13:15:08.463Z In the following, name the part of speech of each word in italic. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z The composition of the verb is separable, and may receive into itself other parts of speech. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z "Do they speak the Berlin patois and mix up their parts of speech?" The Eichhofs A Romance 2011-02-19T03:01:37.327Z They actually dignify station, instead of disgracing it, so that a "brogue" seems to seal the very patent of your nobility, and the mutilations of your parts of speech stand for quarterings on your escutcheon. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z By the arch-euphuists, clauses and clusters of clauses were paired for parallel or contrast, with the beat of emphatic alliteration on the corresponding parts of speech in each constituent clause. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Both phrases and subordinate clauses are used as parts of speech, as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z I choose those of America as best suited to such a purpose, and select the Verb as the most important part of speech, and the central point of every language. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z What’s more, question-answering experts spent the previous couple of decades creating several linguistic tools that helped computers puzzle through language — like rhyming dictionaries, bulky synonym finders and “classifiers” that recognized the parts of speech. | Smarter Than You Think: I.B.M.'s Supercomputer to Challenge 'Jeopardy!' Champions 2010-06-17T05:11:00Z The parts of speech and rules of subtraction and division seemed complete chaos, and when homeward bound, she loitered slowly along, hoping Ray would make amends and meet her on the way. The Girl From Tim's Place Article, in grammar, a part of speech used before nouns to limit or define their application. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli A phrase is a group of related words used as a part of speech. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z The leading and governing part of speech in them is the Pronoun; every subject of discourse is connected with the idea of Personality. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z Ad′verb, one of the parts of speech used to limit or qualify the signification of an adjective, verb, or other adverb; as, very cold, naturally brave, much more clearly, readily agreed. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The Tasmanians spoke a fairly copious agglutinating language, well marked as to parts of speech, syntax and inflexion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" The careless ones do not take the right part of speech they want. John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced A subordinate clause is used as a part of speech. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z That highly complicated grammar, which the best writers employed, was too elliptical and obscure, too deficient in the connecting parts of speech, for general use. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Farther on, the pupil analyzes, spells, considers each letter, and notes each part of speech. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them The sounds which constitute it may be supplemented by signs or gestures, but such signs are only adjuncts, and are not to be regarded as an integral part of speech in its true sense. The Speech of Monkeys The open way the open way and the closing way, the open way is not the origin of that which is interesting, the parts of speech are not the same, they have some origin. Geography and Plays The part of speech depends entirely on the way the word is used. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z The parts of speech are not differentiated, and the sentence is not integrated; and this characteristic is more marked than in that of the lowest oral language yet studied. First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-1880, Government Printing Office 1881 Plato knew of noun and verb as the two component parts of speech. Lectures on The Science of Language It is extant in the form of an Ars Minor, which only treats of the parts of speech, and an Ars Major, which deals with grammar in general at greater length. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" In book i. he treats of the eight parts of speech; in ii. of the elementary ideas of grammar and of style; in iii. of quantity and metres. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Sometimes a different part of speech is used like a noun, and for the time being it becomes a noun. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Such single vocables did not belong to any particular part of speech. American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them The Mongolic dialects excel the Tungusic, but in their grammar can hardly distinguish between the different parts of speech. Lectures on The Science of Language A number of Glossary entries are missing the part of speech, usually n. The Lay of Havelok the Dane Boys are very apt to clip their words in chanting, to omit the smaller parts of speech altogether, and to invent new and meaningless sounds of their own. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. A word is not always the same part of speech. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z So, with the throttling hands of Death at strife, Ground he at grammar; Still, thro’ the rattle, parts of speech were rife. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse They must refer chiefly to the radical materials of language, or to those parts of speech which it is most difficult to reproduce, I mean pronouns, numerals, and prepositions. Lectures on The Science of Language Thus his division is accidentally grammatical, a division of parts of speech, parts of a sentence, into Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs, and Verbs. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Of what parts of speech are torrent and flood? Minor Poems by Milton What part of speech is each of the italicized phrases below? Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Most assuredly he knew all the simpler parts of speech—all the household words in the Scottish language. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) It should rather be his aim to free his mind from such trammels, and to accustom himself to look upon each character as a root-idea, not a definite part of speech. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The student's ingenuity may be exercised in applying the distinction to the various parts of speech. Logic, Inductive and Deductive The verb is the primitive part of speech in American tongues. The Arawack Language of Guiana in its Linguistic and Ethnological Relations Exercise 71—The Clause A subordinate clause, like a phrase, is a group of words used as a part of speech, the chief difference being that a clause must have a subject and a predicate. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z The parts of speech, the conjugations and declensions, syntax and parsing, must all be systematically conned, the rules and definitions committed to memory, and the judgment exercised upon their application. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education The intellect is an entirely silent faculty, and has nothing to do with parts of speech any more than the moral part has. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) A single utterance or two at first had to do the duty of a whole clause; afterward man learned to piece together parts of speech, and thus arose sentences. Was Man Created? Indicate the part of speech of every word. The Century Handbook of Writing What part of speech does each prefix make? Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z When not only precedes but also see that each is followed by the same part of speech. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses Especially when the subject is a language, which, considering that it consists of parts of speech, inflections, phonetics, etc., is a very practical matter and apparently far removed from the ideal in question. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College But as there are many things in Latin, called masculine and feminine, which are nevertheless not 25 male and female, the articles attached to them are not parts of dress, but parts of speech. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue Improprieties are words wrenched from one part of speech to another, or made to perform an unnatural service. The Century Handbook of Writing The verb is a very important part of speech, since without it there can be no sentence. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z The use of adverbs presents some difficulties, mainly arising from the adverbial use of many other parts of speech and from the close relation between adverbs and adjectives. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses "Thus far the author pretends to have shown that there is but one part of speech." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 A participle is a hybrid part of speech; a kind of mongrel-cross, between a noun and a verb. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue A few observations on the mode of writing some particular words, or particular parts of speech, remain to be brought forward in the sequel of this work, which it would be premature to introduce here. Elements of Gaelic Grammar His eccentricities, his absent-mindedness, and his devotion to what Bobby called “the dead parts of speech” had made him an object of the pupils’ dislike and a subject for their wit. The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret Verbs are the most difficult of all the parts of speech to understand and to use properly. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses He must have expected him to learn Spanish from it; but the boy did not know even the parts of speech in English. A Boy's Town Adverbs are parts of speech used to increase or diminish the signification of words. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue An expedient was thought requisite for distinguishing, in such instances, the one part of speech from the other. Elements of Gaelic Grammar An interjection is a part of speech familiar to children. Practical Education, Volume II In the generality of grammars the definite article the, and the indefinite article an, are the very first parts of speech that are considered. A Handbook of the English Language What was said of the nouns above mentioned applies also to other parts of speech, such as verbs attributing human activity to God. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy A Preposition is a part of speech commonly set before another word. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue The parts of speech in Gaelic may be conveniently divided and arranged as follows:—Article, Noun, Adjective, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection. Elements of Gaelic Grammar Similarly, every art has its terms, or "parts of speech," and its grammar, or the ways in which the terms are combined. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life All this, as the reader has probably observed, is merely the reasoning concerning the s, in words like father's, &c., applied to another letter and to another part of speech. A Handbook of the English Language You got a nice character, Milt, but you haven't got any parts of speech. Free Air It has differentiated the various parts of speech even to the definite and indefinite article. The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages An Adverb, considered as a separate part of speech, is a single indeclinable word, significant of time, place, or any other circumstance or modification of an action or attribute. Elements of Gaelic Grammar Without an article this part of speech must, of course, be used only as an adjective, but with an article it becomes an infinitive, to be treated as a noun; e.g., the rescuing of. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing Now.—This word has not satisfactorily been shown to have originated as any other part of speech but as an adverb. A Handbook of the English Language For this reason the verb, the word of action, is the most important and most developed part of speech. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs This world-famous personage has passed into and become one with the language, which her own parts of speech have certainly not exalted or refined. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete America, with the true instinct of democracy, is determined to give all parts of speech an equal chance. American Sketches 1908 Some people consider it a distinct part of speech. A Week of Instruction and Amusement, or, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter : interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and prophane history, geography &c. Then it is that articles become looked upon as separate parts of speech, and are dealt with accordingly. A Handbook of the English Language In dealing with the various parts of speech, technical terms are as far as possible avoided, and reliance is placed rather on illustrations than abstract rules. A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay ‘A part of speech,’ said I, ‘which, according to the dictionary, signifies some action or passion—for example, I command you, or I hate you.’ The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' And so it is that the native American hangs upon the little words: he does not clip and slur "the smaller parts of speech," and what his tongue loses in colour it gains in distinctness. American Sketches 1908 I to thank you for the elegant compilation of an old weather-beaten she-dragon—hey!—O mercy!—was it you that reflected on my parts of speech? The Rivals A Comedy The idea of number is the only one that, on a superficial view, is common to these two important parts of speech. A Handbook of the English Language Some of these words aptly illustrate the difficulty of classifying Malay words according to the parts of speech usually recognised by grammarians. A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay T. Quite right: but what part of speech is it? The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin To this is partly due the Protean character of this part of speech, for the word, like the coin, becomes dulled and worn in circulation and needs periodically to be withdrawn and replaced. The Romance of Names There is no doubt that I larded my language with certain epithets, very current among sailors, most of which are learned more rapidly by foreigners than the politer parts of speech. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver True notion of the part of speech in use.—In he is gone, the word gone must be considered as equivalent to absent; that is, as an adjective. A Handbook of the English Language When "not only" precedes "but also," see that each is followed by the same part of speech. How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition The parts of speech are as follows: 1. Practical Grammar and Composition "A clause is either independent or dependent: independent, if it forms an assertion by itself; dependent, if it enters into some other clause with the value of a part of speech." The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. In Elizabethan English, almost any part of speech can be used as any other part of speech. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 Convertibility.—In the English language, the greater part of the words may, as far as their form is concerned, be one part of speech as well as another. A Handbook of the English Language When "not only" precedes "but also," see that each is followed by the same part of speech. How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition A Phrase is a group of words that is used as a single part of speech and that does not contain a subject and a predicate. Practical Grammar and Composition I was really obliged to mind my parts of speech. Rattlin the Reefer Particle—One of the minor parts of speech not inflected, that is, not undergoing changes in form. Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically Etymological convertibility.—The words then and than, now adverbs or conjunctions, were once cases: in other words, they have been converted from one part of speech to another. A Handbook of the English Language There were no abstract nor semi-abstract terms nor parts of speech. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) The attribute complement is usually a noun, pronoun, or adjective, although it may be a phrase or clause fulfilling the function of any of these parts of speech. Practical Grammar and Composition He plunged through bogs of history, got hopelessly entangled in the barbed wire of mathematics, had hand-to-hand struggles with belligerent parts of speech, and more than once suffered the shell-shock of despair. Quin With such, oaths become as necessary a part of speech as articles or prepositions. The Drummer Boy As few words have any peculiar signs expressive of their being particular parts of speech, interchange is easy, and conversion follows the logical association of ideas unimpeded. A Handbook of the English Language This line and the preceding one illustrate the freedom with which, in earlier English, one part of speech was used for another. Milton's Comus The variation in the forms of the different parts of speech to show grammatical relation, is called Inflection. Practical Grammar and Composition As to parts of speech, nouns were most readily seized; then, in order, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. In the presence of the Grand Cañon, language just simply fails you and all the parts of speech go dead lame. Roughing it De Luxe Thus to go to other parts of speech, we should logically say— Whether of the two, rather than Which of the two. A Handbook of the English Language And they have no definite parts of speech; any word can be used as any part of speech, depending on context. Uller Uprising When it is used without relation to any other part of speech, as in direct address or exclamation. Practical Grammar and Composition What other part of speech than a verb is "animate"?—What is the negative of the adjective "animate?" New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words In all the sentences illustrating the cases of nouns and other parts of speech in this paper, the demonstratives are omitted. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales The syntax of the adverb is simpler than that of any other part of speech, excepting, perhaps, that of the adjective. A Handbook of the English Language The formative element is used with a great many different words to define or qualify them; that is, to indicate mode, tense, number, person, gender, etc., of verbs, nouns, and other parts of speech. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 As a matter of good usage, the verb or any other part of speech should be repeated wherever its omission either makes the sentence ambiguous or gives it an incomplete sound. Practical Grammar and Composition What part of speech is "part" besides a noun?—Write a sentence containing this word as a noun; another as a verb. New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words In ordinary conversation the pronominal suffixes to verbs, nouns and other parts of speech, supply their place. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales A conjunction is a part of speech which connects propositions,—the day is bright, is one proposition. A Handbook of the English Language The integers of language are sentences, and their organs are the parts of speech. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 The correlatives, such as neither—nor, either—or, not only—but also, should be placed in clear relation to similar parts of speech or similar parts Page 106 of the sentence. Practical Grammar and Composition What other part of speech than an adjective is "current"?—What is now the current year? New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words Likewise, in the Greek grammar, articles are parts of speech which are affixed to words to show their gender, number or case. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province A part of speech that merely combines two words is a preposition,—the sun along with the moon shines. A Handbook of the English Language Linguistic organization, then, consists in the differentiation of the parts of speech and the integration of the sentence. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 They must know and be able to recognize readily the different "parts of speech" before they can analyze sentences in grammar. The Recitation Combine and define confine + ment.—What other part of speech than a verb is "confine"? New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words Mrs. Pix admits her own ignorance of all these things; she "can go no further than the eight parts of speech." Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Most conjunctions have been developed out of some other part of speech. A Handbook of the English Language A sentence requires parts of speech, and parts of speech are such because they are used as the organic elements of a sentence. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 And many are wasting time trying to analyze sentences when they cannot recognize the different parts of speech. The Recitation What other part of speech than a verb is "aggregate"?—Why is this word spelled with a double g? New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words For instance, the large class of objects known as words is subdivided into smaller classes known as parts of speech. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education Distinguish between name; part of speech; term: and illustrate by reference to the following—use, useful, usefully. Logic Deductive and Inductive Syntactic relation is the relation of the parts of speech to each other as integral parts of a sentence. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 At the end of one week, I told him as he was now pretty much master of the parts of speech, etc., Robert Burns How To Know Him What other part of speech than a noun is "rupture"? New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words He knows the story of trees, the arts of insects, the habits of birds and their parts of speech. Some Spring Days in Iowa It is true that the parts of speech were not systematically discriminated until some years after Aristotle's time; but, as they existed, they may have unconsciously influenced his selection and arrangement of the predicaments. Logic Deductive and Inductive Placement relates words to each other as parts of speech. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 We have barely time to notice the remaining parts of speech. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. What two parts of speech is "act"?—Write a sentence containing this word as a verb; another as a noun.—Give a synonym of "act." New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words The sentence necessitates parts of speech, and parts of speech are possible only when a language has reached that stage where sentences are logically constructed. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 The synonyms are arranged or classed according to the parts of speech to which they belong—namely, into particles, nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427 Volume 17, New Series, March 6, 1852 It is next in order to consider to what degree the parts of speech are differentiated in Indian languages, as compared with English. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 I have not time to go into a thoro investigation of the mistakes into which grammarians have fallen in their attempts to explain this "part of speech." Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. To what two parts of speech does "discredit" belong?—Write a sentence containing this word as a noun; another as a verb. New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words The words of an Indian tongue, being synthetic or undifferentiated parts of speech, are in this respect strictly analogous to the gesture elements which enter into a sign language. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 "I've been living where there was no one to find fault with my parts of speech or with the parts of my legs which were not decently covered," said Abe. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy In this manner verb, pronoun, and adjective are combined, and to this extent these parts of speech are undifferentiated. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 "Conjunctions" are defined to be a "part of speech void of signification, but so formed as to help signification, by making two or more significant sentences to be one significant sentence." Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. Final, closing.—What part of speech is "initial" besides an adjective?—What is meant by "initials"? New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words The sign radicals, without being specifically any of our parts of speech, may be all of them in turn. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 Thou monarch of eight parts of speech, Who sweep'st with birch a youngster's breech, Oh! now awhile withhold your hand! A Handbook for Latin Clubs They thus subserve purposes which in English are subserved by differentiated adjectives as distinct parts of speech. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 Its nine "parts of speech," its three genders, its three cases, its half dozen kinds of pronouns, and as many moods and tenses, have rarely been disquieted. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. In words which are used as different parts of speech, or which have different meanings, the distinction is sometimes denoted by changing the accent. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader A leading principle is that each part of speech ought to be recognizable by its form. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar I remember a call once made on me by two little girls when our time was spent in an excited discussion of the parts of speech. The Business of Being a Woman The prepositional particles perform the function of indicating a great variety of subordinate relations, like the prepositions used as distinct parts of speech in English. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 Such "parts of speech" have no existence in fact, and their adoption in rules of grammar, have been found exceedingly mischievous and perplexing. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. If the wind and the brook and the bird would teach My heart their beautiful parts of speech. Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses By this means Esperanto is not only rendered slower, more harmonious, and easier of comprehension; it is also able to denote the parts of speech clearly to eye and ear by their form. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Nothing was slurred over as if it had no relation to life—not even the parts of speech! The Business of Being a Woman To the extent that adverbs are found as incorporated particles in verbs, the two parts of speech are undifferentiated. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 They include what have been termed participles, not a distinct "part of speech," but by some included in the verbs. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. As to the composition of it, we can say very little; having been scarcely able to distinguish the several parts of speech. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 I want to say that from every root you form four words, the four principal parts of speech. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education You may threaten him for crying out; but, for my sake, give him back a little cranny of his windpipe, and some part of speech. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 Indian tongues, therefore, may be said to be highly synthetic in that their parts of speech are imperfectly differentiated. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 So, with the throttling hands of death at strife, Ground he at grammar; Still, thro' the rattle, parts of speech were rife: While he could stammer �129 He settled Hoti's� business—let it be!— Browning's Shorter Poems But syntactical unity cannot be established unless it be on the ground of there being a want of a complementary part of speech or sentence. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 The old grammarians tell us that a certain part of speech was called supine, because it was very seldom needed, and therefore almost always lying on its back—i.e. in Latin, supinus. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. Of these eight parts of speech the first four are capable of Inflection, i.e. of undergoing change of form to express modifications of meaning. New Latin Grammar In these same particulars the English language is highly organized, as the parts of speech are highly differentiated. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 Lip language serves them better Who have no parts of speech: No syntax there to fetter The lore they love to teach. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 "Father," said he, thoughtfully, "what part of speech is woman?" More Toasts The language remains in a primitive state, without inflexion, declension, or distinction of parts of speech. Myths and Legends of China REMARK.—A number of words used sometimes as one part of speech, and sometimes as another, vary their accents irregularly. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader Verbs as usually considered are undifferentiated parts of speech; they are nouns and adjectives, one or both, and predicants. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 The use of the article is often governed by other parts of speech. The Spirit and the Word A Treatise on the Holy Spirit in the Light of a Rational Interpretation of the Word of Truth "Woman, my boy, is not part of speech; she is all of it," returned father. More Toasts It is characterised by its coarseness of texture, and a conglomeration of the parts of speech. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 16, 1841 Tell me out now the parts of speech."A noun's the name of anything As school or garden, hoop or swing." 5th Wrenboy: An owl's the name of anything.... Three Wonder Plays But in what is usually denominated the active voice of the verb, the English language has undifferentiated parts of speech. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 There are no parts of speech: any word without change can do duty for any part of speech. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 So far of the verbs, which as well other parts of speech all the Indians use with nicety and elegance. Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language Shea's Library of American Linguistics. Volume III. There are; in discriminating accent where it is used to determine the parts of speech. 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading In his arrangement of the parts of speech, Mr. Kirkham seems to have endeavored to follow the order of nature; and we are not able to see how he could have done better. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Thus it is seen that the English language is also synthetic in that its parts of speech are not completely differentiated. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 We seldom find instances of complete conversion of one part of speech into another. An English Grammar HICKSON'S views of the origin of news, without reference to context, meaning, part of speech, or anything else? Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850 That science which treats of the classification of words into parts of speech. 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading The noun and verb, as being the most important parts of speech, are first explained, and afterwards those which are considered in a secondary and subordinate character. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures When the parts of speech are fully differentiated and the process of placement fully specialized, so that the order of words in sentences has its full significance, no useful purpose is subserved by inflection. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 Some abstract nouns were not derived from any other part of speech, but were framed directly for the expression of certain ideas or phenomena. An English Grammar Often the most suitable form of words is made of plainest, commonest parts of speech, and the fewest of them. Essays Æsthetical For this reason no logical scheme of the parts of speech—their number, nature, and necessary confines—is of the slightest interest to the linguist. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech This meaning, however, is applied in different ways; and thus the same word becomes different parts of speech. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures And this sympathy of horrible foresight not a little contributes to incline her to believe the other parts of speech with which I regale her concerning you. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) The noun may borrow from any part of speech, or from any expression. An English Grammar Nevertheless, this making of nouns out of adjectives with the participial form is an irruption over the boundaries of the parts of speech which should not be encouraged. Essays Æsthetical But are there not certain ideas that it is impossible to render except by way of such and such parts of speech? Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech To attempt to prove, in this place, that nothing would be gained by adopting either a less or a greater number of the parts of speech, would be anticipating the subject. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures As a rule the word after the first correlative should be the same part of speech as the word after the second correlative. Practical Exercises in English Interjections are exclamations used to express emotion, and are not parts of speech in the same sense as the words we have discussed; that is, entering into the structure of a sentence. An English Grammar Mrs. Malaprop was very indignant, when she found that some of her friends had spoken lightly of her parts of speech. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator The observant reader has probably been surprised that all this time we have had so little to say of the time-honored “parts of speech.” Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech In order that you may easily distinguish this part of speech from others, I will give you a sign, which will be useful to you when you cannot tell it by the sense. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Not only are single words so classified, but any part of speech may be represented by a group of words. Composition-Rhetoric A general idea of analysis was needed in our study of the parts of speech,—in determining case, subject and predicate, clauses introduced by conjunctions, etc. An English Grammar How many definitions are here to be given for each part of speech? The Grammar of English Grammars And so we might go on examining the various parts of speech and showing how they not merely grade into each other but are to an astonishing degree actually convertible into each other. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech This brief view of the subject, is sufficient to elucidate the manner in which, according to Horne Tooke's principles, the ten parts of speech are reduced to one. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures It must serve the purpose of some single part of speech. Composition-Rhetoric He seems to have been a sort of idiot, who had a strange insight into some parts of human nature, and a tolerable acquaintance with most parts of speech. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 406, December 26, 1829 How many definitions are here to be given for each part of speech? The Grammar of English Grammars Our conventional classification of words into parts of speech is only a vague, wavering approximation to a consistently worked out inventory of experience. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech The history of this part of speech is very brief. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures A phrase is a group of words, containing neither subject nor predicate, that is used as a single part of speech. Composition-Rhetoric The distinctions of person, tense, and mode are expressed by adverbs, pronouns, and other parts of speech. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers How many definitions are here to be given for each part of speech? The Grammar of English Grammars As soon as we test our vocabulary, we discover that the parts of speech are far from corresponding to so simple an analysis of reality. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech You will be able very easily to distinguish the participle from the other parts of speech, when you shall have acquired a more extensive knowledge of the verb. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures If used as a single part of speech, it is called a subordinate, or dependent, clause. Composition-Rhetoric From sage to sage, From age to age— An immortal part of speech! The Devil's Dictionary In this chapter, and those which follow it, the Rules of Syntax are again exhibited, in the order of the parts of speech, with Examples, Exceptions, Observations, Notes, and False Syntax. The Grammar of English Grammars A part of speech outside of the limitations of syntactic form is but a will o’ the wisp. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech When you shall have studied this lecture attentively, you may proceed and parse the following exercises, containing five parts of speech. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Classification.+—The eight parts of speech may be classified as follows:— I. Substantives: nouns, pronouns. Composition-Rhetoric Bark's parts of speech are of an awful sort - principally adjectives. Reprinted Pieces Classes, under the parts of speech, are the particular sorts into which the several kinds of words are subdivided. The Grammar of English Grammars It is different with the other parts of speech. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech After a part of speech has been thus elucidated, the class should be interrogated on it, and then taught to parse it, and correct errors in composition under the rules that apply to it. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Some words, as fast, little, much, more, and others, have the same form for both adjective and adverb, and use alone can determine what part of speech each is. Composition-Rhetoric I did indeed once understand something about the use of a broadsword; but as to a pen, gentlemen, that's quite another part of speech. The Life of General Francis Marion In the Fourth Praxis, it is required of the pupil—to distinguish and define the different parts of speech, and the classes and modifications of the ARTICLES, NOUNS, and ADJECTIVES. The Grammar of English Grammars But there are, strictly speaking, no other parts of speech. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech In the same manner he may proceed with the other parts of speech, observing, however, to recapitulate occasionally, until the learners become thoroughly acquainted with whatever principles may have been presented. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures One could do the parts of speech; the other could not. Men of Invention and Industry As language is a lofty endowment and, moreover, on this earth exclusively human, we would lead up to the subject by stating what the parts of speech are. Stories from Everybody's Magazine Let it here be observed that scientific definitions are of things, and not merely of words; or if equally of words and things, they are rather of nouns than of the other parts of speech. The Grammar of English Grammars All that part of speech which falls out of the rigid articulatory framework is not speech in idea, but is merely a superadded, more or less instinctively determined vocal complication inseparable from speech in practice. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech As the nominative and objective cases of the noun are inseparably connected with the verb, it is impossible for you to understand them until you shall have acquired some knowledge of this part of speech. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Miss Dearborn had not thought of it before, but on reflection she believed the subjunctive mood was a "sad" one and "if" rather a sorry "part of speech." Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm So, with the throttling hands of death at strife, Ground he at grammar; Still, through the rattle, parts of speech were rife: While he could stammer He settled HOTI's business—let it be!— An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry "A conjunction is" not "a part of speech;" because a conjunction is one conjunction, and a part of speech is a whole class, or sort, of words. The Grammar of English Grammars From them, however, the eight parts of speech shone out most expressively, and James could combine them with ease. Northanger Abbey Hence the origin of the first part of speech, which we denominate the noun. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Thus assailed in another member, Caesar hastily retreated into his kitchen, muttering something, in which the words "Skinner," and "rebel rascal," formed a principal part of speech. The Spy Of the eleven grammatical figures, Ireland delights chiefly in the antimeria, or changing one part of speech for another, and in the ellipsis or defect. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Dr. Lowth's distribution is the same, except that he placed the adjective after the pronoun, the conjunction after the preposition, and, like Priestley, called the participle a verb, thus making the parts of speech nine. The Grammar of English Grammars The rhetorical categories are still mentioned in treatises and often referred to, as having definite existence among the parts of speech. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Hence the necessity of another part of speech, whose office it should be to express these existences and actions. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Greek literature was fully grown when the Sophists, and finally Aristotle, developed the rudiments of grammar, the parts of speech being at first closely related with his ten metaphysical categories. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene There were, according to the Stoics, five parts of speech—name, appellative, verb, conjunction, article. Guide to Stoicism Tooke did not care to preserve any parts of speech at all. The Grammar of English Grammars Even the abstractions of the parts of speech are in this case both admissible and of assistance. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic This part of speech is called a verb or word, because it is deemed the most important word in every sentence: and without a verb and nominative, either expressed or implied, no sentence can exist. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures I had lived among the parts of speech, not among the facts of life. The Yeoman Adventurer Also, as his witty parodist, the pet poet of six generations of Cambridge undergraduates, reminds us: 'He loves to dock the smaller parts of speech, As we curtail the already curtailed cur.' Obiter Dicta He who will not grant that the same words may possibly be used as different parts of speech, must make his parts of speech either very few or very many. The Grammar of English Grammars The theory of parts of speech is at bottom altogether the same as that of artistic and literary classes, already criticized in the Aesthetic. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic The noun is the original and leading part of speech; the verb comes next in order, and is far more complex than the noun. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures What three parts of speech may connect clauses? Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition What parts of speech are explained in the preceding Lessons? Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room I do not allow that any words change their nature in this manner, so as to belong sometimes to one part of speech, and sometimes to another, from the different ways of using them. The Grammar of English Grammars Sprachgeschichte, have done good service in throwing doubt upon the absolute validity of the parts of speech. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic The other eight parts of speech are subordinate to these two, and, as you will hereafter learn, of minor importance. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures To what class of words, or part of speech, does each belong? Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The +Interjection+ is the eighth and last part of speech. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room "Some words, from the different ways in which they are used, belong sometimes to one part of speech, sometimes to another." The Grammar of English Grammars He values phrases, and elects them by the sound, and the eight parts of speech are his servants. Character Writings of the 17th Century At present you are learning two parts of speech, neither of which can be understood without a knowledge of the other. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Any part of speech may be wrenched from its construction with other words, and may lapse into an interjection; as, behold! shame! what! Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition What part of speech is used as subject and object? Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Let us then consider in their order his definitions of the nine parts of speech;—for, calling the participle a verb, he reduces the sorts of words to that number. The Grammar of English Grammars A part of speech," said I, "which, according to the dictionary, signifies some action or passion. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction I will now give you two signs, which will enable you to distinguish the verb from other parts of speech, when you cannot tell it by its signification. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures When a word loses its proper function without taking on the function of some other part of speech, we do not see why it should change its name. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition These changes in the form, meaning, and use of the parts of speech, we call their +Modifications+. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The participle, I think, should be taken as a distinct part of speech, and have its own definition. The Grammar of English Grammars The smoking of pipes was common, and thoughtless profanity was to be heard on all sides as an ordinary part of speech. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" It appears reasonable, that, in a practical grammar, at least, any word which occurs in constructions differing so widely, may properly be classed with different parts of speech. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures What other parts of speech besides conjunctions connect? Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition What are modifications of the parts of speech? Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The note added by Murray to his definition of a verb, would prove the participle not to be included in this part of speech, and thus practically contradict his scheme. The Grammar of English Grammars Another thing to avoid is the use of words in the wrong parts of speech, as a noun for a verb, or an adjective for an adverb. The Century Vocabulary Builder You will generally know an adverb at sight; but sometimes you will find it more difficult to be distinguished, than any other part of speech in the English language. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Here it may be well to emphasize the fact that the part of speech to which any word belongs is determined by the use of the word, and not from its form. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition We advise that other selections from literature be made and these exercises continued with the treatment of the parts of speech. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room But let us return, with our author, to the question of the parts of speech. The Grammar of English Grammars He seemed to grudge the space required for necessary parts of speech. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 A few more examples will illustrate the nature, and exhibit the use of this part of speech so clearly, as to enable you fully to comprehend it. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures These changes in the form, the meaning, and the use of the parts of speech we call their +Modifications+. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Words used to modify the predicate of a sentence and those used to modify modifiers belong to one class, or one part of speech, and are called +Adverbs+. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Some have taught that the parts of speech are only five; as did the latter stoics, whose classes, according to Priscian and Harris, were these: articles, nouns appellative, nouns proper, verbs, and conjunctions. The Grammar of English Grammars This is a species of equivocation which consists in slipping from the use of one part of speech to that of another, which is derived from the same source, but has a different meaning. Deductive Logic In arranging the parts of speech, I conceive it to be the legitimate object of the practical grammarian, to consult practical convenience. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Strictly speaking, the Indian tongues consist only of the verb, which may be said to absorb all the other parts of speech. The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation Build a short sentence containing all the parts of speech. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room This notion of the parts of speech, as the reader will presently see, found an advocate also in the author of the popular little story of Jack Halyard. The Grammar of English Grammars We have now enumerated the parts of speech and as briefly as possible stated the functions of each. How to Speak and Write Correctly The argument appears to be conclusive, then, that every language must necessarily have more parts of speech in its refined, than in its barbarous state. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures They will class words as prepositions or conjunctions by memorizing the entire list of each, rather than by thinking the relations that these parts of speech express. How to Study and Teaching How to Study There are ten parts of speech, and they are all troublesome. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 But authority may be found for reducing the number of the parts of speech yet lower. The Grammar of English Grammars The following sentence containing all the parts of speech is parsed etymologically: "I now see the old man coming, but, alas, he has walked with much difficulty." How to Speak and Write Correctly The principle of reasoning assumed by the celebrated Horne Tooke, if carried to its full extent, would result, it is believed, in proving that we have but one part of speech. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Yet one thing more: your fate may be to teach In some suburban school the parts of speech, And, maundering over grammar day by day, Lisp, prattle, drawl, grow childish, and decay. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry So I insist that this important part of speech should be brought forward to a position where it may be easily seen with the naked eye. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 Towards this point, tends every attempt to simplify grammar by suppressing any of the ten parts of speech. The Grammar of English Grammars Some words according to meaning belong sometimes to one part of speech, sometimes to another. How to Speak and Write Correctly A word which denotes a distinct conception of the mind, must necessarily belong to some other part of speech. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Needless Prepositions Prepositions, like other parts of speech that contribute nothing to the meaning, should not be suffered to cumber the sentence. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking So, with the throttling hands of death at strife, Ground he at grammar; Still, thro' the rattle, parts of speech were rife: While he could stammer He settled Hoti's business—let it be!— Dramatic Romances He distributes the conjunctions among the other parts of speech; and so did Tooke. The Grammar of English Grammars The preposition is a part of speech which is often wrongly used by some of the best writers. How to Speak and Write Correctly As the interjection is the least important part of speech in the English language, it will require but little attention. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Ah!" whispered the astronomer, "you made a mistake of a part of speech. Joseph II. and His Court The American constitutions were to liberty what a grammar is to language: they define its parts of speech, and practically construct them into syntax. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man "On scientifick principles, conjunctions and prepositions are but one part of speech." The Grammar of English Grammars Accustomed to tread carefully among the parts of speech Are a dozen additional spasms worth living for? Widger's Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Works of Oliver W. Holmes, Sr. The ten parts of speech have now been unfolded and elucidated, although some of them have not been fully explained. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures She reached Z and went on to the parts of speech. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 But this here New York was inaugurated on the idea of abstemiousness in regard to the parts of speech. Sixes and Sevens As if the three persons of a verb, or other part of speech, were so many intelligent beings! The Grammar of English Grammars We must contemplate our Maker indirectly in human attributes as we talk of Him in human parts of speech. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 You will then be able to parse the following exercises, which contain all the parts of speech. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The Whole are called nine parts of speech, Which reading, writing, speaking teach. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 In some languages, according to some authorities, the distinction of parts of speech does not exist; in many languages it is widely different from that to which we are accustomed in the Indo-European languages. The Analysis of Mind But our men of nine parts of speech innovated yet more: they added the Article, as did the Greeks; divided the Noun into Substantive and Adjective; and, without good reason, suppressed the Participle. The Grammar of English Grammars Miss Dearborn had not thought of it before, but on reflection she believed the subjective mood was a "sad" one and "if" rather a sorry "part of speech." The Flag-Raising In parsing a verb, or any other part of speech, be careful to pursue the systematic order, and to conjugate every verb until you become familiar with all the moods and tenses. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures I can feel millions of synonyms and parts of speech rising in me,' says he, 'and I've got to make a speech of some sort. The Gentle Grafter These words illustrate, incidentally, how little we can trust to the grammatical distinction of parts of speech, since the substantive "rain" and the verb "to rain" denote precisely the same class of meteorological occurrences. The Analysis of Mind Several writers on English grammar, indulging a strange unsettlement of plan, seem not to have determined in their own minds, how many parts of speech there are, or ought to be. The Grammar of English Grammars Yet how small a part of speech or of music is produced by the impression of the ear compared with that which is furnished by the mind! Theaetetus In the following examples, the same word is used as several parts of speech. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures We do not confuse the parts of speech with the categories of Logic. Cratylus For such an unnecessary part of speech as a real copula does not exist in Japanese. The Soul of the Far East This author, in his third chapter, supposes his auditor to say, "But you have not all this while informed me how many parts of speech you mean to lay down." The Grammar of English Grammars In these all the various parts of speech occur. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science Adverbs, as illustrated on page 85, are generally substitutes for two or more words belonging to other parts of speech. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Why are there only so many parts of speech, and on what principle are they divided? Cratylus On the same general plan, the nouns precede the verbs in the sentence, and are in every way the more important parts of speech. The Soul of the Far East And this reduces his three parts of speech to two, in spite of "the unerring plan of nature!" The Grammar of English Grammars At last she concluded, she could say no more, because, as I acquiesced in all things, there was no further ground for the exercise of her parts of speech. The Professor It qualifies any of the four parts of speech abovenamed, and none others. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures They were also seeking to distinguish the parts of speech and to enquire into the relation of subject and predicate. Cratylus In the Ninth Praxis, it is required of the pupil—to distinguish and define the different parts of speech, and the classes and modifications of the ARTICLES, NOUNS, ADJECTIVES, PRONOUNS, VERBS, PARTICIPLES, ADVERBS, and CONJUNCTIONS. The Grammar of English Grammars It is hardly worth while to dispute, whether there shall be nine parts of speech or ten; and perhaps enough has already been stated, to establish the expediency of assuming the latter number. The Grammar of English Grammars Nor are they all of one opinion, concerning either the characteristics of this part of speech, or the particular instances in which the acknowledged properties of a preposition are to be found. The Grammar of English Grammars In short, you must determine to what part of speech a word belongs, by its sense, or by considering the manner in which it is associated with other words. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures We see that in the simplest sentences are contained grammar and logic—the parts of speech, the Eleatic philosophy and the Kantian categories. Cratylus Any person, number, gender, case, or other grammatical modification, is really but one and the same thing, in whatever part of speech it may be found. The Grammar of English Grammars Some are phrases of many words, converted into one part of speech by the hyphen; as, "Where is the ever-to-be-honoured Chaucer?" The Grammar of English Grammars Nor was this great grammarian sufficiently attentive to adjuncts, in determining the parts of speech. The Grammar of English Grammars I will first show you the use and importance of this part of speech as a connective. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures In some forty or fifty, which I have examined on this point, the few words which constitute this part of speech, have more than twenty different modes of distribution. The Grammar of English Grammars In dictionaries, and grammars, to is often used as a mere index, to distinguish verbs from the other parts of speech. The Grammar of English Grammars Nay, do we not know from the Bible, that on several occasions our prime ancestor expressed himself like an intelligent man, and used all the parts of speech which are now considered necessary? The Grammar of English Grammars The leading principles to be observed in the construction of sentences, are embraced in the following twenty-four rules, which are arranged, as nearly as possible, in the order of the parts of speech. The Grammar of English Grammars On scientific principles, our connectives, commonly denominated prepositions and conjunctions, are but one part of speech, the distinction between them being merely technical. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures As, so, even, then, yet, and but, seem to belong sometimes to the one part of speech, and sometimes to the other. The Grammar of English Grammars "The conjunction is a part of speech used to connect words and sentences." The Grammar of English Grammars It unwisely reduces the parts of speech to four; gives them new names; and rejects more of the old system than the schools could be made willing to give up. The Grammar of English Grammars But, to any one who is well acquainted with these two parts of speech, the foregoing passage cannot but appear, in three sentences out of the four, both defective in style and erroneous in doctrine. The Grammar of English Grammars You will then be prepared to parse the following verbs in full; and I presume, all the other parts of speech. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Hence many grammarians deny that mere sounds of the voice have any more claim to be reckoned among the parts of speech, than the neighing of a horse, or the lowing of a cow. The Grammar of English Grammars In the Eleventh Praxis, it is required of the pupil—to distinguish and define the different parts of speech, and ALL _their classes and modifications. The Grammar of English Grammars Etymology treats of the different parts of speech, with their classes and modifications. The Grammar of English Grammars On what are the different genders founded, and to what parts of speech do they belong? The Grammar of English Grammars The small claims of the article to a separate rank as a distinct part of speech, ought not to be admitted in a scientific classification of words. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures How many definitions are here to be given for each part of speech? The Grammar of English Grammars How many definitions are here to be given for each part of speech? The Grammar of English Grammars It can be easily shown, that from the noun and verb, all the other parts of speech have sprung. The Grammar of English Grammars How many definitions are here to be given for each part of speech? The Grammar of English Grammars Should you ever be at a loss to distinguish an adjective from the other parts of speech, the following sign will enable you to tell it. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures How many definitions are here to be given for each part of speech? The Grammar of English Grammars How many definitions are here to be given for each part of speech? The Grammar of English Grammars In the remaining twelve, the Etymology and Syntax of the ten parts of speech are commingled; and an attempt is made, to teach simultaneously all that the author judged important in either. The Grammar of English Grammars How many definitions are here given for each part of speech? The Grammar of English Grammars There is, however, another part of speech that performs this office, namely, the conjunction. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures "Expressing by one word, what might, by a circumlocution, be resolved into two or more words belonging to the other parts of speech." The Grammar of English Grammars In these cases, the scholar must determine the part of speech, by the construction alone; remembering that adjectives belong to nouns or pronouns only; and adverbs, to verbs, participles, adjectives, or other adverbs, only. The Grammar of English Grammars Adjectives, therefore, are distinguished from nouns by their relation to them; a relation corresponding to that which qualities bear to things: so that no part of speech is more easily discriminated than the adjective. The Grammar of English Grammars In the Fifth Praxis, it is required of the pupil—to distinguish and define the different parts of speech, and the classes and modifications of the ARTICLES, NOUNS, ADJECTIVES, and PRONOUNS. The Grammar of English Grammars But, according to Observation 18th, on the Classes of Pronouns, "The word that, or indeed any other word, should never be so used as to leave the part of speech uncertain." The Grammar of English Grammars Participles, when unconnected with auxiliaries, are most commonly considered a separate part of speech; but in the formation of many of our moods and tenses, we take them as constituent parts of the verb. The Grammar of English Grammars With auxiliaries, then, participles are verbs: without auxiliaries, they are not verbs, but form a separate part of speech. The Grammar of English Grammars Other parts of speech, and especially nouns and participles, by a change in their construction, may become adjectives. The Grammar of English Grammars Of what use can Murray's definition of the active verb be, to one who endeavours to prove the propriety of thus assigning an epithet to the various parts of speech, in the course of parsing? The Grammar of English Grammars The latter is in fact their most important distinction, though made with reference to a different part of speech. The Grammar of English Grammars The formation of this part of speech, form it as you will, is central to grammar, and cannot but be very important. The Grammar of English Grammars How can we know to what class, or part of speech, any word belongs? The Grammar of English Grammars In the Seventh Praxis it is required of the pupil—to distinguish and define the different parts of speech, and the classes and modifications of the ARTICLES, NOUNS, ADJECTIVES, PRONOUNS, VERBS, and PARTICIPLES. The Grammar of English Grammars By learning the definitions of the ten parts of speech, and then observing how the word is written, and in what sense it is used. The Grammar of English Grammars It is at least probable, that no distribution, sufficiently minute, can ever be made, of the parts of speech, which shall be wholly free from all objection. The Grammar of English Grammars The number of the parts of speech may be reduced, or enlarged, at pleasure; and the rules of syntax may be accommodated to such new arrangement. The Grammar of English Grammars In this sentence, which has been adopted by Murray, Churchill, and others, we have the following parts of speech: 1. The Grammar of English Grammars The definitions to be given in the First Praxis, are one, and only one, for each word, or part of speech. The Grammar of English Grammars With us, substantives are nouns; and adjectives form a part of speech by themselves. The Grammar of English Grammars The greatest and most acute philologists confess that a faultless definition of this part of speech, is difficult, if not impossible, to be formed. The Grammar of English Grammars |
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