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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which part of speech is the underlined word? This is my mother's favorite kind of potato salad. A. pronoun B. conjunction C. noun D. preposition

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@KyanTheDoodle

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the underline doesn't show

OpenStudy (anonymous):

This is underlined

OpenStudy (kyanthedoodle):

Potato salad is a thing right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yep

OpenStudy (kyanthedoodle):

So it would be...?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

?

OpenStudy (kyanthedoodle):

What is a noun?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but the noun isnt underlined the word "this" is underlined

OpenStudy (kyanthedoodle):

Yes, but "this" is the potato salad.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so this is a noun?

OpenStudy (kyanthedoodle):

Yes

OpenStudy (kyanthedoodle):

Oh wait. Give me a minute.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

kk

OpenStudy (kyanthedoodle):

Sorry, that's a pronoun. Forgot that was a thing. So technically this is a pronoun, and potato salad is a noun.

OpenStudy (kyanthedoodle):

So just in case you don't know what a pronoun means, it's basically a word that refers to a noun, like you and me (and all of the people.) Hopefully that makes sense.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its preposition

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