Week 6: Interjection, Punctuations, Symbols and their usage, Prepositions

THE INTERJECTION 418. Examine the following sentences:- Hello! What are you doing there? Alas! He is dead. Hurrah! We have won the game. Ah! Have they gone? Oh! I got such a fright. Hush! Don't make a noise. Such words as Hello! Alas! Hurrah! Ah! etc. are called Interjections. They are used to express some sudden feeling or emotion. It will be noticed that they are not grammatically related to the other words in a sentence.

Def:- An Interjection is a word which expresses some sudden feeling or emotion. Interjections may express-

(1) Joy; as, Hurrah! Huzza!

(2) Grief; as, alas!

(3) Surprise; as, ha! What!

(4)Approval; as, bravo!

419. Certain groups of words are also used to express some sudden feeling or emotion; as, Ah me! For shame! Well done! Good gracious!