The beauty of the spoken and written word waits for an individual, one who delights in knowing and  using English fundamentals to express his thoughts.  Helen Keller overcame almost insurmountable obstacles in spite of her inability to see or hear.  She, however, learned to write and to speak correctly and effectively.  With effort and study, one may know basic English and be pleased with the accomplishment, the results.

Our study of English fundamentals will begin at the beginning: words — Every word, all of the words in oour language, myriads, thousands upon thousands, fall into catagories, parts of speech.  Words, according to their function or use in a sentence, are divided into eight catagories, parts of speech.  The parts of speech are nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.  Sometimes a word will fit into two or more parts of speech.  We shall illustrate later.

If a person locks his thumbs, there will be eight fingers free.  A convenient way to remember the parts of the speech is to name one for each finger.  Begin with the little finger on the left hands.

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