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Default deffinitions for the 8 parts of speech

what are the deffintions for the 8 parts of speech
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You find them all defined here: http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary.html

look up the main categories, like:
adjective
adverb
noun
verb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
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A pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun or a noun phrase.

Verbs refer to an action or a state.

An adjective modifies a noun. It describes the quality, state or action that a noun refers to.

An adverb is a part of speech that normally serves to modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, clauses, and sentences. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverb

A conjunction is a part of speech that connects two words, phrases, or clauses together. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_conjunction
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