Homework Help: grammar/language arts

Posted by john on Friday, September 14, 2007 at 5:55pm.

Would the word "limelight" be considered as an adjective or a noun? it says "He believes that a person can be in the limelight merely by being a good listener." I think it's a noun but i just want to make sure before i fail.

grammar/language arts - Ms. Sue, Friday, September 14, 2007 at 6:01pm
Yes. "Limelight" is a noun. Dictionaries give the part of speech of all entries. Some words can be used as more than one part of speech, but "limelight" is only a noun.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/limelight

A big clue in your sentence is that "limelight" is the object of the preposition "in." Prepositional phrases, like "in the limelight," always end in a noun or pronoun.

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