he said she said

[boobesque]

she said emphaticaly>
he demanded

what is the collective word for the words in bold? ie noun verb adjective etc

thanks

[boobesque]

bold didnt work too well. must have left out a closing brace. the words emphaticaly and demanded. or any word describing how somebody says something

[woofgang]

adverbs describe how something is done (it adds to the verb) My old english teacher used to say that adjectives should be called adnouns because they describe what things are like so they add to the noun

Your second example though (demanded) is just a verb... but if they demanded something loudly then loudly is the adverb

[woofgang]

interesting, this whole thread comes up in bold when posted...

[woofgang]

gonna report you to Ed under other to find out why

[Quizmonkey]

In linguistics, 'she said emphatically' is a verb phrase - consisting of the components: personal pronoun, verb and adverb. 'he demanded' is also a verb phrase, this time consisting of just a personal pronoun and a verb.

There's really no other terminology, as far as I'm aware.

[mike b]

There used to be a rather laboured sub-genre of pun known as the Tom Swifty. For example:

"My pencil needs sharpening," he said, bluntly.

"We can still beat them!" he exclaimed, winningly...

etc - just google for more if you really want to...