Parts of speech of "while" in sentence

darshan · Post by **darshan** » Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:46 pm

Hi All

What is the parts of speech of While in the following sentence ?.
Sit down and take rest a while.
I think it as adjective as it adds meaning to rest.But the author mentioned answer as noun.

Josef Essberger · Post by **Josef Essberger** » Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:20 pm

darshan wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:46 pm Hi All

What is the parts of speech of While in the following sentence ?.
Sit down and take rest a while.
I think it as adjective as it adds meaning to rest.But the author mentioned answer as noun.

Sit down and take rest [for] a while.

Now does it look more like a noun?

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Parts of speech of "while" in sentence

Parts of speech of "while" in sentence

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