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Interjectionsare words or phrases used to exclaim or protest or command. They

sometimes stand by themselves, but they are often contained within larger structures.

Wow! I won the lottery!

Oh, I don't know about that.

I don't know what the heck you're talking about.

No, you shouldn't have done that.

Most mild interjections are treated as parenthetical elementsand set off from the

rest of the sentence with a comma or set of commas. If the interjection is more forceful,

however, it is followed with an exclamation mark.Interjections are rarely used in

formal or academic writing.

Interjections

Hi! That's an interjection. :-)

Interjectionis a big name for a little word. Interjections are short exclamations like

Oh!, Umor Ah!They have no real grammatical value but we use them quite often,

usually more in speaking than in writing. When interjections are inserted into a sentence,

they have no grammatical connection to the sentence. An interjection is sometimes

followed by an exclamation mark (!) when written.

The table below shows some interjections with examples.

Interjections like erand umare also known as

"hesitation devices". They are extremelycommon in English. People use them when

they don't know what to say, or to indicate that

they are thinking aout what to say. !oushould learn to recognie them when you hear

them and realie that they have no real

meaning.

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interjection meaning example

ah expressing pleasure "#h, that $eels good."

expressing realiation "#h, now I understand."

expressing resignation "#h well, it can't e heped."

expressing surprise "#h% I've won%"

alas expressing grie$ or pity "#las, she's dead now."

dear expressing pity "&h dear% oes it hurt("

expressing surprise "ear me% That's a surprise%"

eh asking $or repetition "It's hot today." "Eh(" "I said it's hot today."

expressing en)uiry "*hat do you think o$ that, eh("

expressing surprise "Eh% +eally("

inviting agreement "et's go, eh("

er expressing hesitation "ima is the capital o$...er...Peru."

hello, hullo expressing greeting "-ello ohn. -ow are you today("

expressing surprise "-ello% /y car's gone%"

hey calling attention "-ey% look at that%"

expressing surprise, joy etc "-ey% *hat a good idea%"

hi expressing greeting "-i% *hat's new("

hmm expressing hesitation, dout or disagreement "-mm. I'm not so sure."

oh, o expressing surprise "&h% !ou're here%"

expressing pain "&h% I've got a toothache."

expressing pleading "&h, please say 'yes'%"

ouch expressing pain "&uch% That hurts%"

uh expressing hesitation "0h...I don't know the answer to that."

uh1huh expressing agreement "2hall we go(" "0h1huh."

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um, umm expressing hesitation "34 divided y 4 is...um...56."

well expressing surprise "*ell I never%"

introducing a remark "*ell, what did he say("