Page 1 of 1

Parts of speech of "while" in sentence

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:46 pm
by darshan
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.

Re: Parts of speech of "while" in sentence

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:20 pm
by Joe
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?