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What parts of speech is the sentence One email message contained a virus but it was very quickly deleted?

Here's a breakdown of the parts of speech in the sentence:

One email message contained a virus but it was very quickly deleted.

* One: Determiner (modifies "email message")

* email: Noun (type of message)

* message: Noun (object)

* contained: Verb (past tense)

* a: Determiner (modifies "virus")

* virus: Noun (object of "contained")

* but: Conjunction (connects two independent clauses)

* it: Pronoun (subject of "was deleted")

* was: Verb (part of the past tense verb "was deleted")

* very: Adverb (modifies "quickly")

* quickly: Adverb (modifies "deleted")

* deleted: Verb (past participle, part of the past tense verb "was deleted")

Let's break it down further:

* One email message contained a virus: This is an independent clause. It has a subject ("One email message") and a verb ("contained").

* but it was very quickly deleted: This is also an independent clause, connected to the first clause by the conjunction "but." It has a subject ("it") and a verb ("was deleted").

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