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2	The 8 Parts of Speech	3
	Noun: name of a person, place or thing; e.g., Randolph,
	chair, desk, Caecilius, vîlla, tablinum.

	Adjective: describes a noun; e.g., red, bright, laetus.

	Adverb: modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb,
	e.g., quickly, first, celeriter.

	Verb: expresses action, e.g,. jump, think, amat, or being,
	e.g., is, became, est.

	Pronoun: replaces a noun, e.g., me, him, it.

	Conjunction: a word which connects two clauses, e.g., and,
	but, so, that, though, et, sed.

	Preposition: a word that connects a noun to the rest of the
	sentence, e.g., towards, from, since, ad.

	Interjection: a word of surpise or emotion, e.g., Oh!,
	Wow!eheu!

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