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| noun | a noun is a word used to name a person, place, thing, or idea |
| pronoun | a pronoun is a word used in place of one or more than one noun |
| adjective | an adjective is a word used to modify a noun or a pronoun |
| verb | a verb is a word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement |
| adverb | an adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb |
| preposition | a preposition is a word used to show the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other word in the sentence |
| conjunction | a conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words |
| interjection | an interjection is a word that expresses emotion and that is not relation grammatically to other words in the sentence |
| phrase | a phrase is a group of related words that is used as a single part of speech and does not contain a verb and its subject |
| prepsitional phrase | a prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and usually ends with a noun or pronoun |
| adjective phrase | an adjective phrase is a prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun |
| adverb phrase | an adverb phrase is a prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, adjective or an adverb |
| participle | a participle is a verb form that can be used as an adjective |
| participial phrase | a participial phrase is a group of related words that contains a participle and that acts as an adjective |
| gerund | a gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun |
| gerund phrase | a gerund phrase includes the gerund and all the words related to the gerund |
| infinitive | an infinitive is a verb form that can be used as a noun, an adjective or an adverb |
| infinitive phrase | an infinitive phrase consists of an infinitive together with its complements and modifiers |
| appositive | an appositive is a noun or a pronoun that explains the noun or pronoun it follows |
| appositive phrase | an appositive phrase is made up of an appositive and its modifiers |
