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This will keep you off that roller coaster ride of energy bursts and busts by giving your body a more constant flow of energy for your daily needs.
(bursts and busts) in the previous sentence
What part of speech are they?
Are they nouns, verbs or adjectives?

This sentence is an extract from an article entitled:"Stop Fueling Your Fatigue"
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In your example "bursts and busts" are adjectives because they modify the noun "energy" by describing, identifying, or quantifying.
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In your example "bursts and busts" are adjectives because they modify the noun "energy" by describing, identifying, or quantifying.
No! "bursts" and "busts" are nouns. The first "energy" is an adjective; the second "energy" is a noun.
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