Question
what is the noun in the sentence, As he
turned to go, he spat speculatively.
turned to go, he spat speculatively.
Answers
Ms. Sue
There is no noun in that sentence.
Food4thought...
Hello, Ms. Sue. There most definitely IS a noun - although it is a pronoun, it's still a noun - it's "he"!
Ms. Sue
Pronouns are not nouns. Pronouns take the place of nouns. The eight parts of speech are:
noun
pronoun
verb
adjective
adverb
preposition
conjunction
interjection
noun
pronoun
verb
adjective
adverb
preposition
conjunction
interjection
Food4thought...
oh, yeah, right. oops! i forgot. boy, are you smart! :) (i guess b/c you're a teacher!!) :)
but yeah, couldn't you consider it to be a noun, if you're not counting pronouns? just wondering.
but yeah, couldn't you consider it to be a noun, if you're not counting pronouns? just wondering.
Ms. Sue
No. "He" is NOT a noun. "He" is always a pronoun. When a question asks about parts of speech, we must consider all of the parts of speech. We can't "not count" any of them.