An interjection is a word that is added to a sentence to convey feelings or emotions such as surprise, disgust, excitement or joy. Some people use these interjections wrongly; therefore they should use proofreading services in order to remove all errors.
Examples:
Hey! I am coming.
Oh, that’s great!
An interjection does not:
1. Relate grammatically to other parts of the sentence.
2. Help the reader in understanding the relation between words and phrases in a sentence.
Interjections are very rarely used in formal and academic writing as it doesn’t sound professional. It only conveys the feelings of an author.
Interjections include following words:
- Oh
- Gosh
- Goddess
- No
- Hey
- Yuck
- Oops
- Oh no
- Uh-huh
- Yikes
Use of interjections:
1. Beginning of the sentence
When we come to interjections, many people think to use it in the beginning of the sentence. Sometimes they associate interjections with the punctuation mark designed to convey emotions - the exclamation mark (!).
Examples:
Wow, you are looking pretty.
Oh no, I can’t believe this!
In both sentences, “wow” and “oh no” are interjections that are used in the beginning of the sentence. Both sentences are conveying strong emotions.
2. Middle or end of the sentence
Most of us think that interjections can only be used at the beginning of a sentence but this is not true. You can use interjections in the middle, at the end or any place in the sentence where you want to insert an emotion.
Examples:
So, he is coming again, huh?
In this sentence “huh” is an interjection which is found at the end of the sentence.
According to me, yuck, I can’t explain.
Here “yuck” is an interjection which is used in the middle of the sentence.
This is all about interjections. Use these very carefully in your sentences. Revise your work after writing. If you don’t have enough time, then use proofreading services. It will help you in presenting error free and attractive drafts and documents.
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