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

Question

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

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

@poopsiedoodle

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

I think the answer is "none of the above"

poopsiedoodle · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

oh ok

anonymous · Answer

are you sure its a common noun?

anonymous · Answer

because staff" is a word for a group of people

poopsiedoodle · Answer

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