It's an idea, and it's the subject of the sentence. In the following examples of prepositional phrases, the first word is a preposition: around the. Love for peanut butter brought me to the store today. Preposition: a word that starts a prepositional phrase. You wouldn't be wrong, but then you might think of this sentence: what part of speech is the word love anyway?Īt that point, you would probably think of some example sentences to figure it out.įrom this sentence, you might conclude that love is a verb since you know that verbs express action, and love is showing an action in this sentence. But then, your mind might linger on that question, and you might start to wonder Hmm. Connectors can sometimes go after the subject and verb of the sentence, but they follow different grammar rules (not discussed).
Obviously, the first thing to do is run away from this person. The recorder was placed next to the interviewee.
I chose to interview teachers in the district closest to me. These are usually single words (e.g., on, at, by ,) but can be up to four words (e.g., as far as, in addition to, as a result of, ). Pop quiz, hot shot! Let's say you're at the grocery store deciding between chunky and creamy peanut butter (tough choice) when someone walks up to you and asks, "What part of speech is the word love?" This comes before a noun or a noun phrase and links it to other parts of the sentence.
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