http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PartsSpeechNeededPlease/brgbh/post.htm#85324Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:20:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:85324CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PartsSpeechNeededPlease/brgbh/post.htm#85324http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-85324.xmlHello, Kathie, I'm sorry to say you are not really close on this one. You need to review the basics about nouns, verbs, adjectives, and so on. You are correct in thinking that adjectives often precede nouns, however. A similar pattern is for adverbs to precede adjectives. A couple of other general rules of thumb are that words ending in LY are most often adverbs, while words which don't end in LY, but could , are often adjectives. For example, "sad" could be changed to "sadly". "sad" is an adjective; "sadly" is an adverb. Here are some other words you should be able to "tag" now: "quick", "quickly", "frequent", "frequently", "happy", "happily", "perfect", "perfectly", "nervous", "nervously", "certain", "certainly",...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PartsSpeechNeededPlease/brgbh/post.htmSun, 22 Feb 2009 23:20:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:85279Guest1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PartsSpeechNeededPlease/brgbh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-85279.xmlIn the sentence below, I need to name the part of speech relevant to the words PERFECTLY and POSSIBLE.... I think possible must be a noun, though it seems odd. If it is, then perfectly will be an adjective. It is PERFECTLY POSSIBLE to enjoy thinking about your language. Thanks for any help, Kathie