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** ''Smiling'', she went about her work" (modifies how she "went about her work") | ** ''Smiling'', she went about her work" (modifies how she "went about her work") | ||
** or "She went about her work ''smiling''" | ** or "She went about her work ''smiling''" | ||
==== participles and adverbs ==== | ==== participles and adverbs ==== | ||
* present participles may themselves be modified by an adverb | * present participles may themselves be modified by an adverb | ||
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>> to chart out comparison of Latin, Spanish, French and English cases << to do | >> to chart out comparison of Latin, Spanish, French and English cases << to do | ||
* see | |||
**[https://conjugator.reverso.net// Verb conjugations (Conjugator.net)] | |||
**[[wikt:have#Conjugation|Have conjugation (wikitionary.com)]] | |||
==== auxiliary verbs ==== | |||
Modal Verbs: Definition & Usage Examples | Grammarly Blog | ==== modal verbs ==== | ||
>> Modal Verbs: Definition & Usage Examples | Grammarly Blog | |||
== Other parts of speech== | |||
=== particle === | |||
* a word that does not fit a specific Part of Speech | |||
** and that does not change with inflection (word endings for case, gender, number) | |||
* | ==== adverbial particles === | ||
** | * typically, particles are prepositions that do not accompany a noun | ||
** | ** instead, they follow a verb to indicate a direction, topic, or other prepositional purpose for the verb | ||
** particles: ''about, n up'' as in: | |||
*** wake up, knock out, look up, sit down'' | |||
*** these examples are, together, ''phrasal verbs'' | |||
** particle + preposition | |||
*** particles frequently are followed by a prepositional phrase, in which the particle (a preposition) is next to a preposition | |||
**** ''keep up with the pack, put up with her stubbornness, look forward to leaving'' | |||