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Read the following sentence. Then, answer the question. Melissa's cousin arrived at the restaurant before Melissa. What part of speech is the word before in this sentence? …

Read the following sentence. Then, answer the question. Melissa's cousin arrived at the restaurant before Melissa. What part of speech is the word before in this sentence? …
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Read the following sentence. Then, answer the question.

Melissa's cousin arrived at the restaurant before Melissa.

What part of speech is the word before in this sentence?

A. Adjective
B. Preposition
C. Conjunction
D. Adverb

User Saman Sattari
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B. Preposition

In the sentence, "before" is functioning as a preposition, indicating the relationship in time between when Melissa's cousin arrived and when Melissa arrived.
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