Bold Statements

noun a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

adverb a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.

pronoun a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this)

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in 'the man on the platform', 'she arrived after dinner', 'what did you do it for?'

article a particular item or object, typically one of a specified type

• If the project is completed on time, I’ll eat my hat.
• I bet you ten bucks that it will rain tomorrow, and if I’m wrong, I’ll eat my hat.
• There’s no way he’ll beat me in a race, I’ll eat my hat if he does.
• If she ever apologizes for what she said, I’ll eat my hat.