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[16th ed.] 5.210 Interjections and functional variation
» Interjections 5.210 Interjections and functional variation Because interjections are usually...grammatically independent of the rest of the sentence, most parts of speech may be used as interjections. A...word that is classified as some other part of speech but used with the force of an interjection is...

[16th ed.] 5.209 Interjections as informal and colloquial
» Interjections 5.209 Interjections as informal and colloquial Interjections are natural in speech {your...an interjection may impede the flow of some types of prose when an informal and colloquial tone is...

[16th ed.] 5.211 Words that are exclusively interjections
» Interjections 5.211 Words that are exclusively interjections Some interjections are used only as such...

[16th ed.] 5.208 Interjections defined
» Interjections 5.208 Interjections defined An interjection or exclamation is a word, phrase, or clause...that denotes strong feeling {Never again!} {You don’t say!} . An interjection has little or no...sprained!} {Get out!} {Whoa!} . Introductory words like well and why may also act as interjections ...

[16th ed.] 7.30 Interjections
Compounds Chapter Contents » Contractions and Interjections 7.30 Interjections As with contractions..., Webster’s lists such interjections as ugh , er , um , and sh . For those not found in the dictionary...

[16th ed.] 6.40 Commas with “not” phrases
Uses of the Comma 6.40 Commas with “not” phrases When a phrase beginning with not is interjected in...

[16th ed.] 7.45 “O” and “oh”
always capitalized, whereas the interjection oh is capitalized only when beginning a sentence or...

[16th ed.] 7.29 Contractions
Compounds Chapter Contents » Contractions and Interjections 7.29 Contractions In contractions, an...

[16th ed.] 6.41 Commas with “not . . . but,” “not only . . . but,” and the like
interjected phrase of the type not . . . but or not only . . . but , commas are usually unnecessary. They...

[16th ed.] The Chicago Manual of Style Online Chapter 5 Contents
“however” Interjections 5.208 Interjections defined 5.209 Interjections as informal and colloquial 5.210... Interjections and functional variation 5.211 Words that are exclusively interjections Parallel...

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