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interjection
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interjection, English part of speech part of speech, in traditional English grammar , any one of about eight major classes of words, based on the parts of speech of ancient Greek and Latin. The parts of speech are noun , verb , adjective , adverb, interjection , preposition , conjunction , and pronoun .
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 consisting of exclamatory words such as oh, alas, and ouch. They are marked by a feature of intonation that is usually shown in writing by an exclamation point (see punctuation punctuation [Lat.,=point], the use of special signs in writing to clarify how words are used; the term also refers to the signs themselves. In every language, besides the sounds of the words that are strung together there are other features, such as tone, accent, and
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). Many languages have classes like interjections.


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