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Other than "OK", are there English words which serve as adjective, verb, noun and adverb?
We already know that OK is a word whose origins are obscure, but I don't want to focus on this matter here; rather I'm fascinated by the grammatical function it has:
1) OK as an adjective: "Lunch was OK."
2) OK as a verb: "Can you OK this for…
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Part of speech of 'nothing'
Consider the below sentence.
Nothing is as painful as what he went through.
What part of speech does 'nothing' belong to? Traditionally, it is analysed as a pronoun, but I am not too convinced by this analysis: for instance, whereas 'nothing' can…
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What part of speech is the word "Blessed" in this sentence?
This is a well known sentence:
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked
Is the word "Blessed" an adjective or past-participle verb? Or something else?
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What part of speech is "freezing" in this sentence: "He will not see again the freezing kitchenhouse..."
Doing a part-of-speech breakdown on Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian".
He will not see again the freezing kitchenhouse in the predawn dark.
I ran the sentence through a POS website and it marked "freezing" as a noun. That didn't seem right. I…
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What's what with "Collect them all"
What is the modern grammarian's part-of-speech for all in
Collect them all!
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What part of speech is the word "King" in this sentence?
The sentence I'm trying to understand is:
King David came to battle with his army.
Is King an adjective or a noun? Kingly David would clearly be an adjective and "The King came to battle" would be a noun, but when used as "Title Given-Name" is the…
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"She is married to a dentist." In this sentence which type of parts of speech "married" is?
I often get confused.It's a simple question but please elaborate in deep.
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What are the parts of speech for as, so, such?
When thus gentle, Bessie seemed to me the best, prettiest, kindest being in the world; and I wished most intensely that she would always be so pleasant and amiable, and never push me about, or scold, or task me unreasonably, as she was too often…
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How to parse" Thanks a lot"?
Thanks a lot.
Is "Thanks" a verb or a noun? If it is a noun, how can "a lot" behind it modify "thanks"? If it is a verb, why is there an "s" at the end of the word?
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More... Every or Every... More
What expression is more natural for native speakers?
I'm tired, more every day.
Or
I'm tired, every day more.
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Parts of speech
I crossed a training center while walking that named as 'Scotland Police dog training centre'.
I know that "centre" is a noun in "Scotland Police dog training centre".
What about the other four words: Scotland, Police, dog, and training?
Which…
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Adverb or preposition?
What does the word 'in' function as in the sentence - "Please, come in"?
It seems like an adverb to me. As, 'here' is an adverb in - "Come here" and 'in' functions quite similarly in the above sentence.
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What is the part-of-speech of the word "O" in the exclamatory sentence?
The sentence I'm considering is this:
The boy said, "O King, live for ever."
Is the word "O" in the above sentence an adjective?
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part of speech of 'total' in "...inhabit as little as one to two million acres total."
This is from a news article :
Before 1800, as many as five billion prairie dogs lived throughout the
Great Plains in colonies that collectively spanned more than 100
million acres. Today, by some estimates, the five prairie-dog species
inhabit as…
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Is there certain rule to discern which modifies noun which modifies verb?
Harry's heart gave a horrible jolt. A test? In front of
the whole school? But he didn't know any magic yet –– what on earth
would he have to do? He hadn't expected something like this the moment
they arrived. He looked around anxiously and…
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