How to distinguish the Union from particles

A Union service of the speech, whose name reflects its primary function. It is used for communication (i.e. the "Union") of various words, phrases and even sentences in the text. Often used in the speech of unions such as "and", "a", "but", "because", "or". They can serve as for coordinating communication where parts of the proposal are equal, and subordinating.

The particle connects words and sentences, and gives them additional value, color, and in some cases serves for the formation of new word forms. The most common is the particle "no" expresses negation. Often, these auxiliary parts of speech are used to enhance the emotional coloring: "do", "even", "right", "exactly-in-exactly", etc.

If, for given characteristics, you are unable to determine what part of speech is before you, - Union or particle, there is one method that can help you. Try to isolate the necessary word in the phrase and look at the result. If you remove the Union, the proposal or parts of it will be inconsistent with each other (for example, in this sentence, remove "either"). The isolation of the particles in most cases will not lead to a similar issue negotiation (try to remove here the particle "same"). Also, if you remove a particle, the meaning of the phrase can change to the opposite (in the case of the particle "not", "is not", "hardly", etc.).

There are so-called homonymous parts of speech. They are pronounced the same but are spelled differently. For example, the Union of "same" and the pronoun with the particle "same". In such cases, comes to the aid of replacement words. The Union, as a rule, can be replaced by a simple ("and"): "I was there" = "I was there". A combination of "same" cannot be replaced in this way. In addition, the particle "also" in it can be removed without losing the meaning of the sentence: "He re-read the same edition of the" = "again He read the publication".