Q.
I had a wonderful primary school teacher who used to
make us recite the 8 parts of speech. Having used your site to get the
answer to a specific question, I began to browse and noticed that you
only list 7 part of speech. What is the 8th and why its not
included in your list?
A.
The 8th part of speech is interjections, words like "Oh," "Gosh," etc. I didn't include them on my web site because they don't change form in different sentences, and people don't have problems with their proper use.
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