Noun or Adjective

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#80224 Thu, 10 Mar 05 05:29 PM

In the sentence:

I live in the United States.

Is the word United an adjective or is "United States" a noun ?

How about:

I live in the United States of America.

Is "United States of America" the noun or is it an adjective, noun, preposition, etc.

Finally:

Mary put her crayon in the pencil box.

Is pencil an adjective or is "pencil box" the noun ?

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Prepositions, Nouns

Mister Micawber

#80283 Thu, 10 Mar 05 10:40 PM

'United States (of America)' as a unit is a proper noun, the name of the country. 'United' is an adjective, and 'of America' is a prepositional phrase (with 'America' its noun object) serving as an adjective.

'Pencil' is a noun serving as an adjective to modify the noun 'box'.

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