Homework Help: English

Posted by Priya on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 7:05pm.

Please check my work.

Correctly identifying the part of speech of each of the word in the sentence.

The new mail carrier finally arrived.

The (definite article) new (adjective) mail (noun) carrier (noun) finally (adverb) arrived (past tense verb).

English - Writeacher, Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 7:08pm
I'd call "mail carrier" a noun -- it's a compound noun.
English - Writeacher, Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 7:09pm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/compounds.htm
English - Priya, Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 8:35pm
The word "mail" is a noun or an adjective in the sentence?
English - Writeacher, Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 10:31pm
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1311122906

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