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verb, noun or adjective? Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:01 am  verb, noun or adjective?
 

Is the underlined word known as a verb, noun or adjective?

The swimmer said that he swam for more than one hours.
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verb, noun or adjective? Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:49 am  verb, noun or adjective?
 

Perhaps you can give it a try yourself first, Solomon?
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verb, noun or adjective? Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:29 am  verb, noun or adjective?
 

Some say its noun and some say its adjective. I called it a verb but many said its wrong. An adjective since it alters a noun?
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verb, noun or adjective? Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:42 am  verb, noun or adjective?
 

Well, I'd classify "one" in your example as a pronoun, but I'm not much of a grammarian Smile
My advice to you: if you want to simlpy speak English, don't stuff your head with this grammar thing that much - the things you should know include how to use the English tenses, phrases (in which situation which), but knowing what part of speech "one" belongs to is not important Smile
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verb, noun or adjective? Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:46 am  verb, noun or adjective?
 

correct its called an Indefinite Pronouns.
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verb, noun or adjective? Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:32 pm  verb, noun or adjective?
 

The word 'one' here is an adjective.

A pronoun is a word that stands in place of a noun. In your example sentences, 'one' doesn't replace the noun (hour/person).

Alex has given you some very sound advice, Solomon. Too much grammar is forced on students as it is. So, unless you are very analytical and/or enjoy parsing or grammar in general, I wouldn't worry too much about this aspect of the language.
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verb, noun or adjective? Thu Nov 01, 2007 16:01 pm  verb, noun or adjective?
 

so "one", "two", "three" is all considered a pronoun?
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verb, noun or adjective? Thu Nov 01, 2007 16:33 pm  verb, noun or adjective?
 

Hi Solomon,

Depending on the context the word "one" can be an adjective, a pronoun or a noun. "Two" and "three" can be used as an adjective or a noun.

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