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 Pronouns: Words that replace nouns to avoid repetition.

Types include:

 Personal Pronouns: Refers to people or things (e.g., I, you, he, she, it).
 Possessive Pronouns: Indicates ownership (e.g., mine, yours).
 Relative Pronouns: Introduces relative clauses (e.g., who, which).
 Demonstrative Pronouns: Points to specific things (e.g., this, that).
 Indefinite Pronouns: Refers to non-specific things (e.g., someone, anything).

 Verbs: Words that express actions, occurrences, or states of being. Types include:

 Action Verbs: Shows actions (e.g., run, eat).


 Linking Verbs: Connects the subject to more information (e.g., am, is, seem).
 Auxiliary Verbs: Helps the main verb (e.g., have, do, will).

 Adjectives: Words that describe nouns or pronouns, providing more information


(e.g., blue, quick, tall).

 Adverbs: Words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, often indicating
how, when, where, or to what extent (e.g., quickly, very, well).

 Prepositions: Words that show relationships between a noun (or pronoun) and other
words in a sentence (e.g., in, on, at, between).

 Conjunctions: Words that connect words, phrases, or clauses. Types include:

 Coordinating Conjunctions: Connects equal elements (e.g., and, but, or).


 Subordinating Conjunctions: Introduces a subordinate clause (e.g., because,
although).
 Correlative Conjunctions: Pairs of conjunctions (e.g., either...or, neither...nor).

 Interjections: Words or phrases that express strong emotion or surprise (e.g., wow,
ouch).

 Determiners

Linguists generally accept nine English word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs,
pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, determiners, and exclamations. English words are not
generally marked for word class. It is not usually possible to tell from the form of a word which
class it belongs to; inflectional endings and derivational suffixes are unique and specific to. On
the other hand, most words belong to more than one word class. For example, run can serve
as either a verb or a noun (these are regarded as two different lexemes).[3] Lexemes may be
inflected to express different grammatical categories. The lexeme run has the forms runs, ran,
runny, runner, and running.[3] Words in one class can sometimes be derived from those in
another. This has the potential to give rise to new words. For example, the noun aerobics has
given rise to the adjective aerobicized.[3]

 Nouns: These are words that name people, places, things, or ideas. They can be
classified further into:
 Common Nouns: General names (e.g., car, dog, city).
 Proper Nouns: Specific names (e.g., Elizabeth, London).
 Abstract Nouns: Ideas or concepts (e.g., freedom, love).
 Concrete Nouns: Physical objects (e.g., apple, chair).

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