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Noun

Singular part of speech

Plural parts of speech

1. The parts of speech are a traditional grouping of word classes into: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, interjection, conjunction, and sometimes article.

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Grammar (edit)
parts of speech	noun - verb - adjective - adnoun - adverb - determinative/determiner - article - participle - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions	head - dependent - subject - predicate - predicator - object - complement - predicative complement - predicative adjunct - predicative oblique - appositive oblique - modifier - supplement - adjunct - determiner/specifier
clauses	main clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause