How many DIFFERENT grammatical words are there in the following sentence:‘The first cards are usually put up on the mantelpiece above the fire in the lounge’?
Ah, a grammatical scavenger hunt, is it? Let's don our linguistic detective hats and count together!
'The' – Aha, I spy with my little eye, an article that refuses to multiply – just one. 'First' – Ah, an adjective that stands alone, bravely describing 'cards' without a clone – one. 'Cards' – Nouns aplenty, but 'cards' is an enigma and appears just once, so – one. 'Are' – The verb 'to be' in its plural disguise, exists singularly here, no need for goodbyes – one. 'Usually' – An adverb dancing solo, bringing its usual charm to the party – once more, that's one. 'Put' – An action done without repetition. The verb 'put' remains single on this mission – one. 'Up' – An adverb or preposition, depending on your intuition, but 'up' appears just once in this edition – so one. 'On' – Prepositions are the spice of location, and 'on' is a lone ranger in this situation – one. 'The' – A familiar friend visiting again, but for variety's sake, we count it just once, not ten – already counted. 'Mantelpiece' – Noun alert! But even in a crowd, it's unique, not a twin piece – one. 'Above' – One more preposition to navigate our grammatical sky – singular as can be, that's one. 'The' – Our recurring article guest, unforgettable but not new to the fest – already counted. 'Fire' – Ignites once as a noun, without a twin flame – that's one. 'In' – "In" comes in as a single preposition win – so one. 'The' – Would you look at that, 'the' making its curtain call – previously tallied. 'Lounge' – And finally, a noun concludes our count, lounging around just once, not in an amount.
If we're not counting duplicates, that brings us to a grand total of: 11 different grammatical words.
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