interjection
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To cable "Interjection" would mean an admission of considerable import, both to his principals in Montreal and to himself.
From Second String by Hope, Anthony
It begins thus: "In speech be these eight parts following: Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Participle, declined; Adverb, Conjunction, Preposition, Interjection, undeclined."
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
An Interjection is a word that is uttered merely to indicate some strong or sudden emotion of the mind: as, Oh! alas! ah! poh! pshaw! avaunt! aha! hurrah!
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
"Interjection" 169 X. Friends in Need 190 XI.
From Second String by Hope, Anthony
This is the old platform of the Latin grammarians; which differs from that of the Greek grammars, only in having no Article, and in separating the Interjection from the class of Adverbs.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
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