home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Software USA 5 #5
/
Software USA Volume 5.05.iso
/
pc
/
educate
/
editor
/
run
/
c
/
items
/
data
/
c3a2cz2.htf
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1997-01-20
|
2KB
|
197 lines
C3A2cz2
How to Determine the Part of Speech
9
0
13
1
To determine the part of speech, remember first that
13
1
subordinating conjunctions join words or groups of words.
13
1
Adverb:
3
0
13
1
How
8
0
does he do it?
6
0
13
1
17
0
13
1
Subordinating conjunction:
3
0
13
1
We don't know
7
0
how
8
0
he does it.
6
0
13
1
17
0
13
1
Relative pronoun:
3
0
13
1
That
8
0
dog was so large.
6
0
13
1
17
0
13
1
Subordinating conjunction:
3
0
13
1
We did not know
7
0
that
8
0
the dog was so large.
6
0
13
1
17
0
13
1
Subordinating conjunctions can begin sentences, but so
13
1
can prepositions. To distinguish between a preposition and
13
1
a subordinating conjunction, look for the first noun or
13
1
pronoun that follows the word in question. If that noun or
13
1
pronoun is the subject of a clause, then the word in question
13
1
is a subordinating conjunction. If the noun or pronoun is not
13
1
the subject of a clause, the word is a preposition.
13
1
Subordinating conjunctions always begin clauses, not
13
1
phrases.
13
1
Preposition:
3
0
13
1
Before
8
0
the meeting, we want to get coffee.
6
0
13
1
(
7
0
meeting
8
0
is not the subject of a clause)
6
0
13
1
17
0
13
1
Subordinating conjunction:
3
0
13
1
Before
8
0
the meeting begins, we want to get coffee.
6
0
13
1
(
7
0
meeting
8
0
is the subject of a clause, "the meeting begins")
6
0
13
1
13
1
13
1