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What are the three parts of speech?

It seems like you're thinking about the traditional "parts of speech" from grammar, but there are actually eight main parts of speech, not three:

1. Nouns: Words that name people, places, things, or ideas (e.g., dog, park, book, happiness).

2. Pronouns: Words that replace nouns (e.g., he, she, it, they, we).

3. Verbs: Words that express actions or states of being (e.g., run, eat, sleep, be).

4. Adjectives: Words that describe nouns or pronouns (e.g., big, red, happy, interesting).

5. Adverbs: Words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs (e.g., quickly, slowly, very, extremely).

6. Prepositions: Words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence (e.g., on, in, at, to, from).

7. Conjunctions: Words that connect words, phrases, or clauses (e.g., and, but, or, so).

8. Interjections: Words that express strong emotion (e.g., Wow! Ouch! Hey!).

Let me know if you'd like to learn more about any of these parts of speech!

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