Editor's Corner

Happy Friday!

In celebration of the upcoming weekend (which I have a feeling is going to be fabulous), I’m going to talk about interjections: sounds, words, and short phrases that convey surprise, disappointment, excitement (any emotion or feeling, really). There are two kinds of interjections: primary and secondary.

Primary interjections are sounds rather than words. We use them to describe many feelings.

• aargh (frustration)
• brr (cold)
• eww (disgust)
• grr (anger)
• ooh (amazement)
• phew (relief)
• woo-hoo (excitement)

Secondary interjections are words or short phrases:

• good grief
• oh my goodness
• shoot
• dang it
• what the heck

Because they usually convey strong emotions, most (but not all) interjections are followed an exclamation point.

• Woo-hoo! You won the race!
• Eww! Don’t be gross!
• Dang it! I spilled my beer!

You use them all the time. And if you didn’t already, now you know what they’re called. Yahoo!

Donna Bradley Burcher | Senior Technical Editor | Symitar®

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