Label the part of speech of each underlined word The first professional baseball league was later started in 1871 (every word is

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Cloud [144]

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Label the part of speech of each underlined word The first professional baseball league was later started in 1871 (every word is

underlined except The and 1871)

English

2 answers:

suter [353] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-10T00:51:29+03:00

Answer:

first: ordinal number

professional: adjective

baseball league: noun phrase (baseball functioning as an adjective, modifying league)

was: verb

later: adverb of time

started: verb

in: preposition

Explanation:

The given sentence has a passive voice construction, with the past simple passive verb was started. In that respect, the subject of the sentence is The first professional baseball league, and the predicate is was later started in 1871.

Darya [45] · Answer 2 · 2022-05-09T22:52:44+03:00

Darya [45]3 years ago

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The is a determiner, first is a number, professional is an adjective, baseball is an adjective, league is a noun, was is a verb, later is an adverb, started is a verb, in is a preposition, 1871 is a number.