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Which part of speech is the underlined word?

The estate of Thomas Jefferson is in Charlottesville, Virginia.

A. verb

B. noun

C. pronoun

D. adjective


Estate is the Underlined word

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A noun, as an estate is a object, or thing, and a noun is a person, place or thing.
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The answer is B: Noun because a noun is either a person, place, or thing. An estate is a thing.
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