Parts of Speech

Ups.... Lost in posting. :P

I forget to post the basic part of this.... Yes, now we will discuss about "Parts of Speech" ƪ( ˘⌣˘ )┐ ┌( ˘⌣˘ )ʃ

We know that a sentence is built by two or more words as a, minimal, Subject and Predicate and it has complete meaning. But, before we talk about the S and P, we should know the various kinds of words. Yes, below is description in general... ^^

Verb

One of parts of speech is verb. A verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word (part of speech) that in syntax conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), or a state of being (be, exist, stand). In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive. In many languages, verbs are inflected (modified in form) to encode tense, aspect, mood and voice. A verb may also agree with the person, gender, and/or number of some of its arguments, such as its subject, or object. (wikipedia.com)

Adjectives

In grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified.

Adjectives are one of the traditional eight English parts of speech, though linguists today distinguish adjectives from words such as determiners that were formerly considered to be adjectives.

Noun

Nouns are the most basic part of English language.

All other parts of our language either describe nouns; tell what a noun is doing, or take the place of a noun.

Nouns answer the questions "What is it?" and "Who is it?" They give names to things, people and animals qualities.

Examples: dog, bicycle, man, girl, beauty, truth, world.

Nouns are words that name: Persons or animals,Things/object, Places, Ideas, Emotions or, qualities, Measurements, Action, substances.

Adverb Clause

Adverb dependent clause begins with subordinating conjunctions:

After, as though, although, as , as if, as long as, because, before, if, in order that, provided that, as soon as, since, so that, such that, than, though, unless, until, when, whenever , where, wherever, while

• Sometime adverb clauses are elliptical or incomplete, but the complete thought still there in the reader’s mind.

• The boy studied [as though he were inspired]. Adverb clause describe the verb

• The student was miserable [when he felled] Adverb clause describe the predicate adjective miserable

• [When studying], he could concentrate. The adverb elliptical clause while he was studying describes the verb.

Noun Clause

Noun dependent clause, noun , noun phrase and the gerund all is the same

Their functions are as subject, DO, IO, Predicate Noun, object of preposition

Noun clauses use some of the same introductory words as adjective and adverb clause use.

Clause

A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate.

There are two clauses namely the independent clause (main clause) and dependent clause (subordinate clause).

The independent clause makes sense all by itself.

Education is necessary in today’s world. (Independent clause)

Dependent clause starts with a word that makes it sound incomplete.

The dependent clause doesn’t sound complete.

• Because education is necessary in today’s world. (Dependent clause)