The term PT. OF SPEECH is composed of four abbreviations, each representing a different part of speech. ADV stands for adverb, which is 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. ADJ stands for adjective, which is a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or predicated of a noun to modify or describe it. PRON stands for pronoun, which is a word used in place of a noun or noun phrase, such as I, you, he, she, it, we, they, and so on. CONJ stands for conjunction, which is a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.