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Sunny_sXe [5.5K]
3 years ago
10

In the following sentence identify the part of speech f the italicized word.

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1 answer:
DanielleElmas [232]3 years ago
7 0
Since you didn't italicize any word, I will just write every part of speech here.
Catching is a gerund/noun, fish is a noun, is is a verb, one is a number, of is a preposition, the is a determiner, oldest is an adjective, pastimes is noun. 
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