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for questions about parts of speech. In English the main parts of speech are noun, pronoun, adjective, determiner, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
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Can a "who" act as both a pronoun and a conjunction at the same time?
According to SIL, "a conjunction syntactically links words or larger constituents, and expresses a semantic relationship between them", and a pronoun "is a pro-form which functions like a noun and sub …
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"John was happy about being accepted as a team member." What part of speech is "accepted"?
John was happy about being accepted as a team member.
In one sense, John is an accepted team member, so it could be an adjective.
In an other sense, John was accepted by someone, or by the team …
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How many parts of speech can a word be at the same time?
I humbly submit.
These answers are quite expert, which I am not. - How's that? expert is both an adjective and a noun.
I've wondered about this question also. And it seems to me that subordinati …
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Are there any word types in English that don't fall into one of these 5 functional categories?
(And I suppose the logical follow-up question is - are there any functions words take that are not included in these 5 categories?)
1) deliver specific content/ meaning
adjective
adverb
noun
ver …
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