Every single word in the English language falls under one of the main parts of speech that makes up language. There are 8 altogether: they include nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions, adverbs and interjections.
Learning the differences between each word class, how to use them and their various subtypes will help improve your grasp of English and its linguistic structure. Check out our comprehensive guides covering all 8 parts of speech from the bottom-up. If there’s a topic you’d like us to cover that’s missing, send us a message on our contact page to let us know!
What are verbs? (explained + examples) Verbs are action words, and they’re a principal part of speech that make up half of each sentence. We could
What are speech and language comprised of? There are 8 main parts of speech that make up the English language. Read all about them in this lesson.
Adjectives are describing words that modify nouns. English would be insufferable (adj.) without these descriptive (adj.) words.
Personal pronouns are words that stand in the place of nouns. The Latin word, pronoun, ‘pronomen’ translates to “word standing in place of a noun.”
Whom functions as a sentence object, whereas who’s is a contraction of who and is.