Day 15

Today I knew the answer to the question: “Why should anyone bother labeling parts of speech?"
Most of the time, you think about the meaning of a word, not its part of speech. Most of the time, your writing is correct. However, some
important grammar rules depend upon knowing the difference between one
part of speech and another. 
For example, an adjective is a word that describes people, places, or things. An adverb is also a description, but it cannot do an
adjective’s job.


WRONG: Today the weather is beautifully.
WHY IT IS WRONG: Beautifully is not the proper part of speech for this spot in the sentence. Beautifully is an adverb. You need an adjective here.
RIGHT: Today the weather is beautiful.
WHY IT IS RIGHT: The adjective beautiful works well here.

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