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all of my life the hardest thing for me whas english. the hardest part of it whas when it came to the parts of speech. and sentence structure. I am 17 and I finally realize that I need to learn all of this. please any buddy help me.

what can i do for you? i'm not a major but i'm pretty good!

everthing about it. my teach dus no explain it good enouph for me. I ges start from the bigging....... like just give me the deffinition ane a few examples of each part of speech.

like right now?!

I.... well if there is time. but if not then do not trouble your self. I dont want to do that to you or anybody else.

i'm not sayin' i can't, i just wanted to know if you were on a time schedual for it or sumthin. so... be a lil more specific for me so i know exactly what you want *get enlgish book outta bag and flips through page* *looks up for a responce*

sadly I have a test on friday. it's over all the parts of speech and sentance structure. *breaths heavily*

like pronouns, proper nouns, fragment sentences?

yes...... amung everthing else............ I feel completly stupid. but yes all of that. it just all confuses me. curse the ADD!

it'll be okay. okay let's try this do you have a book ar sumthin like that for this class? if so, get it and cum back.

*pops head up*
c.t.,girl should have kept her head down.
*ducks*

WHAT?! *puts hands on hips* j/k so i'm not perfect so what.

The fox _____ the hollow log.

Everything that you can put in the blank is a preposition.

to, for, with, under, over, through, etc.

"to the hollow log is a prepositional phrase. Log is the object of the phrase and hollow is an adjective which describes log.

I should have a book with me. I hope. I dont know let me go see.

a noun is any person place or thing

I am extremely good at English--well most of it! I will help you if I can.

There are eight parts of speech:
1. noun=person, place, or thing (dog, table, picture)
2. pronoun=this one always gets me however. I think it is this: (he, she, it, you, they, we, them, etc.)
3. preposition= (to, by, through, over, above, i.e.= The alien flew ABOVE me)
4. adjective=describes or modifies the noun. (pretty cat; dangerous man)
5. adverb=yes, it is highly different than the adjective. it describes verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs and constantly ends in -ly. (I happily jumped into the air)
6. interjection= WHOA! What did you just do?--Whoa is the interjection.
7. conjunction= (but, and, or, nor, yet, not only-but also)
8. verb=there is one in most every sentence. (I ATE lunch. You WATCHED anime. etc.)

Does this help at all?

I sent you quite a long PM. Check your inbox.

Did you get enough help? I got an A in my college grammer class. Good luck on your test. I'll pray it goes well.

How did the test go?

If you would like a good reference book, my parents bought one for me and my sibs called "Write on Track"--it's like a pocket grammar guide that explains everything from the basics to more complex diagraming and such.

Oh, also, I'm moving this to the help section. ^^

Ask me about objects, clauses, dangling modifiers, misplaced modifiers and so forth.

Tip--in a formal assignment, never use "there (be)." "There" is not a subject. Get rid of "there." It's not hard. I just takes a little bit of thinking, depending on what you want the subject of the sentence to be.

Ex.
"There are six billion people on earth."

Remember, "there" is not a subject. We do have two objects in the sentence, though. You can choose either "six billion people" or "earth." The sentence can be easily changed into

"The earth has six billion people"

or

"Six billion people live on earth."

Also, never use demonstrative pronouns (this/that/these/those) by themselves.

Ex.
This shows that I have no money in the bank.

What is "this?" To be sure, you can use demonstrative pronouns, but you must qualify them.

Ex.
This bank statement shows that I have no money in the bank.

Similarly, you can omit the demonstrative pronoun altogether, if you see it fit--

The bank statement tells me that I'm broke!

You may also find the following to be of some use:

"Writing Research Papers" by Jeanette Woodward. It isn't really about the mechanical elements so much as it is about form, style and research. IOW, how to work out an outline of your paper, format, proofread, etc. It's a pretty good book, and I use it fairly often in order to refer to formats for reference styles.

"Technically Write!" by Blicq and Moretto is the textbook used by the electrical engineering department here at the university. It covers how to write proposals, reports, documentation etc. I've never used it though so I can't tell you how good it is. I've always used Houp's "Reporting Technical Information" and found it pretty solid, even if my edition is quite outdated (1960's vintage). It also discusses some grammar issues, and is a helpful reference on occaision.

The nine parts of speech are...

Nouns-person, place, or thing EX: Luxembourg, Shelby, toy truck
Pronouns-a word that takes a place of a noun. EX: him, she, it
Verbs-words that denote action such as run, draw; or signify a sense of being EX: is, are, was
Adjectives-words that modify (give more information to) a noun. Example the blue dog, the handsome boy
Adverbs-words that modify adjectives, verbs, or other adverbs. They typically end with -ly. EX: very, really, truly
Articles-the, an, and a (articles are also adjectives)
Conjunctions- hooks words up together. EX: but, and, or, yet, so (the mnemonic device FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so) will help you remember conjunctions.
Prepositions-like conjunctions these little words hook words together. My CP English III teacher gave us a mnemonic device to remember prepositions: "anywhere a mouse can go". EX: to, above, across, around, of, off
Interjections Words that demonstrate emotions like excitement or anger. They are set apart from a sentence by either an exclamation point or a comma. EX: Gee whiz!, Darn!, Shoot!, Goodness!, Oh my gosh!