Question
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).
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).
Answers
Writeacher
I'd call "mail carrier" a noun -- it's a compound noun.
Writeacher
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/compounds.htm
Priya
The word "mail" is a noun or an adjective in the sentence?
Writeacher
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1311122906