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Old 04-21-2023, 02:21 PM
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Default Words Can Serve as More Than One Part of Speech.
The same word can function as several parts of speech. I dance a lot. (Dance is a verb.) My daughter was in a dance recital. (Dance is an adjective.) Dance is great art form. (Dance is a noun.) In fact, most words can function that way. It is called "functional shift," and it is common in the English language.