Miscellaneous Examples - II
The Same Word as Different Parts of Speech.
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Adj.
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He was my only friend.
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Adv.
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This letter has only
just come.
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Conj.
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I would have written,
only I had forgotten your address.
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Adj.
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The streets run at right
angles.
All will yet be right
with the world.
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Verb.
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The boat will right
herself.
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Noun.
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We all have rights and
duties.
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Adv.
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She guessed right the
first time.
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Int.
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Right! — All right!
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Adv.
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He once had malaria, and
he’s been ailing ever since.
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Prep.
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I have not heard from
him since last March.
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Conj.
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Since you say so, it
must be true.
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Adv.
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So long as you don’t
make a noise you may play here.
He is ever so angry with
us.
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Conj.
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I have much to do, so I
can’t see you today.
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Int.
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So, so! Don’t cry !
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Pron.
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Never mind what so and
so says.
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Adj.
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How are you? O, so-so.
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Adj.
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I think we met some years
ago.
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Pron.
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Some of you have done
very well.
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Adv.
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Our library contains
some two thousand books.
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Adj.
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Can you see that red
star?
Whose are those dogs?
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Pron.
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Who is that singing?
That's right.
Is this the best that
you can do?
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Conj.
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I was so tired that I
fell asleep on horseback.
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Adj.
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What is the price of a
ticket?
Have you had (the)
measles?
Are you the Mr. Andrews?
(= the famous).
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Adv.
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He was none the better
for taking that medicine.
So much the worse for
him.
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Adj.
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What games do you play?
What news?
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Pron.
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What? (not polite).
What have you done?
What is he? (= What is
his profession?).
He knows what's what (=
He knows good things from bad).
Give me what you can for
it (= as much as).
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Inter.
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What! you here?
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Noun.
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I read that book, a
while ago.
It is hardly worth while
going so late.
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Verb.
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How do you while away
your time?
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Conj.
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I fell asleep while I
was waiting for the train.
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Adv.
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Why are you so late?
I know why you said
that.
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Noun.
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We won’t go into the
whys and wherefores of the matter.
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Int.
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Why! if it isn’t my old
friend!
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