Thursday, September 9, 2021

Two eyes, eight parts of speech

“Catherine wished to congratulate him, but knew not what to say, and her eloquence was only in her eyes. From them however the eight parts of speech shone out most expressively, and James could combine them with ease.” Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey (1818).

Garner’s Modern English Usage: “Grammarians have traditionally recognized eight parts of speech: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.”

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By Michael Leddy at 9:10 AM

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