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Mar 3, 2014 at 4:44pm
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Grammar Bots: Revisited
by Past Member 'northernwrites'
Unfortunately multiple parts of speech can occur with other words besides noun/verbs.

In the given example, there are three correct answers for "Choose the adverb," not one --

milk = adjective, noun, verb -- When you milk a cow, check to make sure the milk is milk white.
green = adjective, noun, verb -- The village green will green up in the spring and stay green until it dries up in August.
very = adjective, adverb
smack = noun, verb, adverb
the = definite article, adverb

More examples:
so = adverb, conjunction, pronoun
for = preposition, conjunction


Irregular verbs in that type of question could still be ambiguous in past tense.

The past tense of to lie is lay, which is also a noun and a different verb.
The past tense of the other to lie is lied, which is also a noun.






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