Which Part Of The Speech Does The Sentence Most Likely Belong To

Which part of speech does 'gone' belong to in the sentence: James was gone?

It’s ambiguous. The word ‘gone’ can function as either an adverb or an adjective, depending on how it is interpreted.Every word has a form (what it looks like) and a function (what it does):Form—what it looks like‘gone’ is the past participle of the verb goFunction—what it doesIf ‘gone’ answers the question where, then it is an adverb:Where is James? James is gone, as in left the house. (adverb)If ‘gone’ answers the question what, the it is an adjective:What is James? James is gone, as in dead. (adjective)Structure—‘gone’ sits in a copular structure: X is Y, where X is a nominal and Y is a predicate:James is gone, as in left the house. (predicate adverb)James is gone, as in dead. (predicate adjective)

What part of speech does the word "long" belong to in the sentence, "It is long since we met"?

Question: What part of speech does the word "long" belong to in the sentence, "It is long since we met"?Please also provide the explanation as why do you think it belongs to that that particular part of speech?The word ‘long’ is used to describe something, as in, “I am wearing long trousers but my friend is wearing shorts.” Long describes the trousers I am wearing, therefore it is called an adjective.You have made a sentence (which I hasten to say is understandable to any English person) but you have missed out the noun that ‘long’ describes.The sentence should read: “It has been a long time since we met” to be strictly grammatical. It is a long time is OK and grammatical enough, but the sentence I suggest is better.I hope this helps.

In the sentence "She was dressed all in white.", what part of speech does the word "all" belong to?

A linguist like Tom Graves might explain that parts of speech are the old grammar, and they aren’t always of much importance. (Apologies to Dr. Graves for putting words in his mouth.) But as a mere teacher of English (actually retired) I find traditional grammar a good tool for explaining how things work in English, and I’m sure that at an early age it helped me.So now to your question: What part of speech is “all” in the sentence “She was dressed all in white”? I would say an adverb, which is a word (or expression) modifying a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. So if “all” is an adverb in this sentence, what does it modify? A simpler way of saying this is: What word or phrase does it explain? Clearly, the phrase “in white.” This is a prepositional phrase, and such phrases always serve as some part of speech. In this case, “in white” explains how the person “was dressed.” So “in white” is an adverbial phrase — which is simply to say, an adverb — modifying the verb phrase “was dressed.” And since “all” explains something about the adverb “in white,” it must be an adverb too.Another reader might take “was” to be a copulative verb and “dressed” to be a predicate adjective. This is an example of how traditional grammar is imperfect. I can see nothing wrong with this way of identifying these parts of speech. In that case “in white” modifies the adjective (“dressed”) and is still an adverb. And “all,” of course, is still an adverb. So, in a word, “all” in this sentence is an adverb.

What part of speech does the word "enough" in the sentence "We have not men enough" belong to?

We may also rewrite this sentence as : We don’t have enough men.In this sentence the word ‘enough’ qualifies the noun ‘men’.It qualifies the noun , it is an adjective, and it does not mention any specific number , it is indefinite in number. Hence it is an Indefinite Numeral Adjective.Other examples as an Adjective:01.Enough water,02.Enough time02.as a pronounEx: Enough is enough.03. as an adverbEx: He is good enough as a singer.04. As an InterjectionEx: Enough ! I said so for the first time.

What part of speech does the word "though" in the sentence "The construction is awkward, though" belong to?

The word “though” in the sentence “The construction is awkward, though” is an adverb, just like “however” or “nevertheless”, which are synonyms of “though”. See here: though | Definition of though in English by Oxford Dictionaries

Can you explain the parts of speech of these two sentences: "This one is better looking" and "This one looks better"? What are "looking" and "looks"? Can a thing "look"? Can this structure only be used with one of the five senses?

In the first example, “better looking” is the comparative of “good looking,” which means “attractive,” whether physically attractive, or a more attractive option.In the second example, the verb “look” is being used as a linking verb: “This one = better” (and here, “better” is the comparative of “good” and not “well.”) We often use the verbs of sense in English to describe how something is seeming to us. If something is being told (that is, we are hearing it), we could say that it “sounds good.” If we are seeing something, we could say that it “looks good.” And because these verbs are being used as linking verbs and not intransitive verbs, we use adjectives with the verbs, not adverbs.Another example of this kind of sensory linking verb, “This (situation) doesn’t (seem) right” could be expressed as, “This doesn’t feel right.”As for the sense of smell, this verb is not used to describe how things seem other than in idiomatic phrases: “Something smells fishy.”As for the sense of taste, we could say that it is a linking verb in the sense of “this seems good to me by way of taste.” But that’s an awkward construction.Needless to say, the verbs that describe the five senses take adjectives and not adverbs because you are describing the thing and how it seems to you via the senses; you are not describing the act of sensing.