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OpenStudy (anonymous):

identify the part of speech for the underlined word or phrase "the staff" took the day off and went to lunch together. proper noun common noun collective noun compound noun

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think it's a collective noun because its used for a group of people

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@poopsiedoodle

OpenStudy (anonymous):

He "was" deeply in love with janine. action verb helping verb linking verb none of the above

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think the answer is "none of the above"

OpenStudy (poopsiedoodle):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_noun I think it's probably just a common noun. was is a helping verb.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

are you sure its a common noun?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

because staff" is a word for a group of people

OpenStudy (poopsiedoodle):

hmm... in that case, try collective. It's one or the other :p

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