The only word that could potentially be a compound noun is patents, but that has its own definition-a government meeting of some sort.
A compound noun would be a compound word that is also a noun, but there aren't really any compound words.
I know this doesn't really help, sry.
The answer to this will be despairing
Answer:
B. predicate
Explanation:
the underlined portion has a verb and states something about the subject so therefore it is a predicate
Step-by-step explanation:
five-eighths means 5/8
one third means 1/3
the difference between 5/8 and 1/3 is
