Pay attention to the examples below, especially the highlighted words:
Know there, but it seems that the gang is not excited for the game.
Everyone is involved in the mess that happened at recess, including you.
behold that the long-awaited day has arrived: that of traveling.
Well, you remember the part of speech, don't you? Yes, many words that we know belong to them, such as:
House belongs to the class of nouns;
beautiful that of adjectives;
first to the class of numerals, and so on.
But what about those that are underlined? Of course we've all used them, but which class do they belong to? From now on we will know how to classify them, as they are denoting words or phrases. Do you want to know why they are classified as such?
Certain words, improperly integrated into the class of adverbs, start to obtain a separate classification, according to the NGB (Brazilian Grammatical Nomenclature). However, without a special name, so they are called denoting words. Are you willing to meet them?
The different meanings of denoting words and phrases
Thus, these words reveal the meaning of:
a) Inclusion - are represented by "even, even, too", among others:
Everyone is involved in the mess that happened at recess, including you.
b) Exclusion - "otherwise only, only, only", etc.:
Only you didn't want to attend the football match.
c) Designation - here is:
behold that the long-awaited day has arrived: that of traveling.
d) Highlighting - "only, here, there, is, that", etc.:
Know there, but it seems that the gang is not excited for the game.
e) Rectification - "incidentally, that is, or better, or before", among others:
Tomorrow, or better, the day after tomorrow, my cousins arrive from a trip.
f) Situation - "now, then, after all, but", etc.:
in the end, do you want to go to the movies with us or not?
