Valerie
English is Like a Flower with Eight Petals
On my personal profile page, I compare the English language to a flower with eight petals. It is true some flowers have eight petals, just as there are eight parts of speech. When you learn what roles the eight parts play in building beautiful sentences, your writing will begin to smell like a bouquet: nouns will make your subjects clear, your verbs will always move your action forward, and writing techniques, like metaphors, will help your readers visualize images. I earned an associate ...