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Hello,I am trying to get my head around the parts of speech for an excerpt of text. I'm sure that I don't have it correct yet and there are a few spots where I have no idea what should be happening:parts of speech analysis

BillJ · Accepted Answer

Your question is unclear. Is it just the underlined items you're asking about?

AlpheccaStars · Answer

could be quite certain:

could = modal auxiliary

be = lexical verb

quite = adverb

certain = adjective (subject complement)

AlpheccaStars · Answer

You get it incorrect with "adjectives" and "adjective phrases."

An adjective is a noun modifier. However, other lexical units can also be noun modifiers.

https://glossary.sil.org/term/adjective

Adjectives can themselves be modified by an adverb. In this noun phrase, there is one adjective: A very good sentence.
Adjectives usually have comparative and superlative forms. (e.g. good, better, best)

Relative clauses modify nouns, but they are not adjectives, they are clauses.
Prepositional phrases modify nouns, but they are not adjectives, either. (https://glossary.sil.org/term/prepositional-phrase )
Determiners and quantifiers modify nouns, but they are not adjectives. ( https://glossary.sil.org/term/determiner https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiers )
Nouns can modify other nouns, and they are not adjectives. ( https://glossary.sil.org/term/noun-adjunct )

Because of these differences in fundamental characteristics, modern grammarians distinguish adjectives separately from those other types of noun modifiers.

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