Parts Of Speech

I think the adverb

I think the adverb is a much-maligned part of speech. Its always accused of being oppressive, even tyrannical, when in fact its so supple and sly. Eleanor Catton

Each part of speech a

Each part of speech a spark awaiting redemption, each a virtue, a power in abeyance. Denise Levertov

The adjective is the

The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech. Clifton Fadiman

I like all things grammatical, and I had already written several books about parts of speech, and even the alphabet, so everything that makes up a sentence and even a word was covered except for punctuation. Brian P. Cleary

An aspersion upon my

An aspersion upon my parts of speech! Richard Brinsley Sheridan

In the learned journal,

In the learned journal, in the influential newspaper, I discern no form; only some irresponsible shadow; oftener some monied corporation, or some dangler, who hopes, in the mask and robes of his paragraph, to pass for somebody. But through every clause and part of speech of the right book I meet the eyes of the … Read more

The world is emblematic.

The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors, because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson