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2LISTOFPARTSOFSPEECHWITHCORRESPONDINGTAG Adverb|RB 2<br />

Thiscategoryincludesmostwordsthatendin-lyaswellasdegreewordslikequite,tooandvery,pos<strong>the</strong>ad modierslikeenoughandindeed(asingoodenough,verywellindeed),andnegativemarkerslikenot,n't<br />

Adverbswith<strong>the</strong>comparativeending-erbutwithoutastrictlycomparativemeaning,likelaterinWecan andnever.<br />

alwayscomebylater,shouldsimplybetaggedasRB. Adverb,comparative|RBR<br />

Article|DT(see\Determiner") Adverb,superlative|RBS<br />

Commonnoun,plural|NNS(see\Noun,plural") Cardinalnumber|CD<br />

Comparativeadjective|JJR(see\Adjective,comparative") Commonnoun,singularormass|NN(see\Noun,singularormass")<br />

Conjunction,coordinating|CC(see\Coordinatingconjunction") Comparativeadverb|RBR(see\Adverb,comparative")<br />

Thiscategoryincludesand,but,nor,or,yet(asinYetit'scheap,cheapyetgood),aswellas<strong>the</strong> Coordinatingconjunction|CC Conjunction,subordinating|IN(see\Prepositionorsubordinatingconjunction")<br />

ma<strong>the</strong>maticaloperatorsplus,minus,less,times(in<strong>the</strong>sense<strong>of</strong>\multipliedby")andover(in<strong>the</strong>sense<strong>of</strong> \dividedby"),when<strong>the</strong>yarespelledout. Forin<strong>the</strong>sense<strong>of</strong>\because"isacoordinatingconjunction(CC)ra<strong>the</strong>rthanasubordinatingconjunction (IN).<br />

Soin<strong>the</strong>sense<strong>of</strong>\sothat,"on<strong>the</strong>o<strong>the</strong>rhand,isasubordinatingconjunction(IN). EXAMPLE: Heaskedtobetransferred,<strong>for</strong>/CChewasunhappy.<br />

Determiner|DT<br />

bothtimes).(Instances<strong>of</strong>allorboththatdoprecedeadeterminerorpossessivepronounaretaggedas instances<strong>of</strong>allandbothwhen<strong>the</strong>ydonotprecedeadeterminerorpossessivepronoun(asinallroadsor predeterminers(PDT).)Sinceanynounphrasecancontainatmostonedeterminer,<strong>the</strong>factthatsuchcan Thiscategoryincludes<strong>the</strong>articlesa(n),every,noand<strong>the</strong>,<strong>the</strong>indenitedeterminersano<strong>the</strong>r,anyand<br />

occurtoge<strong>the</strong>rwithadeterminer(asin<strong>the</strong>onlysuchcase)meansthatitshouldbetaggedasanadjective some,each,ei<strong>the</strong>r(asinei<strong>the</strong>rway),nei<strong>the</strong>r(asinnei<strong>the</strong>rdecision),that,<strong>the</strong>se,thisandthose,and<br />

(JJ),unlessitprecedesadeterminer,asinsuchagoodtime,inwhichcaseitisapredeterminer(PDT).

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