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What is a sentence that has all eight parts of speech?

Here's a sentence containing all eight parts of speech, with each part labeled:

The (article) quick (adjective) brown (adjective) fox (noun) jumped (verb) over (preposition) the (article) lazy (adjective) dog (noun).

* Article: "The" (used before nouns)

* Adjective: "Quick", "brown", "lazy" (describe nouns)

* Noun: "Fox", "dog" (person, place, thing, or idea)

* Verb: "Jumped" (action word)

* Preposition: "Over" (shows relationship between words)

* Pronoun: None in this sentence, but examples include "I", "you", "he", "she", "it", "we", "they"

* Conjunction: None in this sentence, but examples include "and", "but", "or"

* Interjection: None in this sentence, but examples include "Ouch!", "Wow!"

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