Question

How can you remember the noun, adjective, adverb, and changing adjectives and nouns into verbs suffixes and the anglo-saxon affixes?...i have the hard time memorizing them because it is hard to tell the difference...like adjectives and adverbs...do you have any tricks to memorize them?

Answer 1

Here are some cues you can use. If the word follows or precedes a verb and ends in "-ly", it is probably an adverb. An adjective is usually paired with a noun. For example. "soft" is an adjective, while "softly" is an adverb.

For more information, I searched Google under the key words "<I>'parts of speech'</I>" to get these possible sources:

http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/partsp.html
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/parts.htm
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/grammar/parts_of_speech/
http://www.eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/POS/pos.htm
http://www.gamequarium.com/partsofspeech.html

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.