9 Parts of Speech
Routine Writing Rules
Confusing Words
100

This part of speech has both definite (the) and indefinite (a, an) forms:

What is an article.

100

This is the standard business format for a conference in Paris on 3/9/2026:


What is September 3, 2026. 

100

Accept or Except. This word means to agree to or receive something. 

What is accept. 

200

This part of speech answers one of three questions: Which one? What kind? How many?

What is an adjective. 

200

This sentence correctly capitalizes a title according to business writing rules:

Sentence A: The Chief Financial Officer, Maria Lopez, will present the quarterly results. 

Sentence B:  Chief Financial Officer Maria Lopez will present the quarterly results.  

What is Sentence B.

200

Loose or lose. This verb means to fail to keep or to misplace. 

What is lose. 

300

These two "9 Parts of Speech" are necessary in every complete sentence?

(Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, article, interjection) 

What are a noun (or subject) and a verb.

300

This sentence uses a proper format for numbers and figures:

Sentence A: There are three 24-month projects.

Sentence B: There are 3 24-month projects.

Sentence C: There are three twenty-four month projects.

What is Sentence A.

300

Affect or effect. This word means to influence or change something. 

What is affect.