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Interjections,definition,imitative sounds - Parts Of Speech-ESL/Learn English Grammar

INTERJECTIONS

[Sidenote: _Definition._]

334. Interjections are exclamations used to express emotion, and

are not parts of speech in the same sense as the words we have

discussed; that is, entering into the structure of a sentence.

Some of these are imitative sounds; as, tut! buzz! etc.

_Humph_! attempts to express a contemptuous nasal utterance that no

letters of our language can really spell.

[Sidenote: _Not all exclamatory words are interjections._]

Other interjections are _oh_! _ah_! _alas_! _pshaw_! _hurrah_! etc.

But it is to be remembered that almost any word may be used as an

exclamation, but it still retains its identity as noun, pronoun,

verb, etc.: for example,

"Books! lighthouses built on the sea of time [noun];"

"Halt! the dust-brown ranks stood fast [verb],"

"Up! for shame! [adverb],"

"Impossible! it cannot be [adjective]."

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