Appendix 1The basic partsof speech
English has eight parts of speech. Editors need to know them intimately because they are the tools of your trade. Here is a primer on these tools.
1. Nouns
Nouns name people and things. They come in four types:
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common (as the name suggests, these name everyday things. They are generally the words you set in lower case in body text) |
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proper (these are the names of things such as people, cities and titles. You capitalize them in body text) |
| abstract (these are intangibles such as love, respect and justice. ... |
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