parts of speech

Cultural  

1. Classifications of words according to their relations to each other and to the things they represent. Different parts of speech name actions, name the performers of actions, describe the performers or actions, and so on. The common parts of speech are adjectives, adverbs, articles, conjunctions, interjections, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, and verbs.

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Example Sentences

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.

From New York Times

“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.

From Literature

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.

From Washington Post

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.

From Washington Times

There are also tools like Grammarly that will highlight and explain various parts of speech and language rules, which some people find really helpful.

From The Verge