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The Last Part of Speech - The Interjection

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We don’t need to spend much time with the eighth and final part of speech—the interjection.

Like wow!

Rats.

Damn!

Oh!

These and other words of surprise are interjections. Use them in speech and creative writing. Leave them out of your master’s thesis.

And stop using the word like as a substitute for thought.

Enough!

Now, please read the Conclusion to the Parts of Speech.

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