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1.0 DEFINITION OF CONJUNCTION, PREPOSITION AND INTERJECTION.

In grammar,

a conjunction is

a part

of

speech that

connects

two

words, phrases or clauses together. This definition may overlap with that of other parts of speech, so what constitutes a "conjunction" should be defined for each language. In general, a conjunction is an invariable grammatical particle, and it may or may not stand between the items it conjoins. The definition can also be extended to idiomatic phrases that behave as a unit with the same function as a single-word conjunction. Example of conjunction are and, but, for, neither-or and either-nor. Prepositions are words or word groups which begin a noun phrase with more than one word. Most prepositions tell where or when, or show possession. In grammar, a preposition is a part of speech that introduces a prepositional phrase. For example, in the sentence "The cat sleeps on the sofa", the word "on" is a preposition, introducing the prepositional phrase "on the sofa". In English, the most used prepositions are of, to, in, for, with and on. Simply put, a preposition indicates a relation between things mentioned in a sentence. An interjection or exclamation is isolated emotion on the part also as uh, err, um, huzzah are a lexical of the category used speaker. Filled to express an

pauses such

considered interjections. Interjections are

typically placed at the beginning of a sentence or in a sentence by themselves. The word interjection literally means thrown in between from the Latin inter (between) and fiacre (throw). Interjections are generally uninflected function words and have sometimes been seen as sentence-words, because they can replace or be replaced by a whole sentence. Sometimes, interjections combine with other words to form sentences, but not with finite verbs. When an exclamation point is not needed, a comma can take the place. Interjections are used when the speaker encounters events that cause emotions. The emotions are often strong but are not necessarily. However, several languages have interjections that cannot be related to emotions.

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