Writing 2121 January 8, 2013
Parts of Speech Parts of a Sentence
1. Noun - Subject, Object
- Names a person, place or thing - Clause pattern opens with a
- Most can be made plural subject and ends with an object
- Can put an article in front - Subject and object are nouns
- S+V+O=Conventional syntactical
2. Verb order
- Name actions - Tim loves grammar
- Also describes states of being - Look to the left of verb for subject
- To be is the most common - Object receives the action
(linking a verb) - Order is important
- Some can function as actions or - Linking verbs don’t describe an
states of being (ex. Smell) action, what follows is the subject
complement
3. Adverbs Completes the meaning of the
- Modify verbs, adjectives, sentence subject
- Adverbs that modify sentences - S-LV-Subject Complement
are conjunctive adverbs - An adjective by itself cannot be a
(however, moreover), they grammatical object but can be a
provide a link between two subject complement
sentences - Ex. Tim loves grammar
- Tell us something about the verb passionately (Adverb)
- Can take more than one position Tells how Tim loves it
in the sentence without changing Info about verb ex. instead
meaning
- Conjoin clauses
- Some tell the place of an action,
when an action occurred, and the - Adjective typically proceed nouns
extent of an action Ex. I endured an informative
grammar (adj.) lesson (N)
4. Adjective Both adjectives
- Modifies the noun Adverbs can modify adjectives
- Answer which one, what kind of (so, very, not)
- Appear before noun, after linking The lesson was (LV) very (SC)
verb informative (adj.)
- Limited in what it does - Words that tell us something
about the adjective is an adverb
The lesson was not (adverb)
very (adverb) informative - Ex. It (looks back)
- Pronoun can be a grammatical
5. Pro-noun subject or object (he, she)
- Takes place of noun
- Many types, 2 classes that are
problematic - Conjunction and prepositions are
- Look back at that noun linking words
- Have to be grammatically equal
6. Conjunction - Ex. Sam offered me food and
– Linking function water
– Link a variety of words and word
groups (phrases, clauses)
– 7 coordinate conjunctions (ex.
And, but, yet, so, for, or, nor, if)
Bring together grammatically - Noun that follows the preposition
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