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A Part of speech (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠fixed by all the grammatical rules for a word, so our language contains countless parts of speech.

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Part of speech (n.) admit ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠many classifications: a man used to saying just 'Slab!' for one slab might refuse to class 'one' with 'two' and 'three', as we hesitate whether black and white are colours.