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1. The boy is "five years" old.
2. She is "five months" pregnant.
3. People at "thirty years" old usually have already had a car.
4. At "five months" pregnant, you’ve reached the halfway point of your pregnancy, and hopefully you’re feeling pretty great, because it’s all down hill from here.
What part of speech are the words in quotes above? For me, they're all nouns, and the words old and pregnant are adjectives that post-modify them. However, there're some people who think that these words in quotes are adverbs that modify the adjectives after them. I don't agree with them, because it doesn't make sense in sentence 3 and 4. Could anybody please tell me what's your opinion on this? Thank you!
2. She is "five months" pregnant.
3. People at "thirty years" old usually have already had a car.
4. At "five months" pregnant, you’ve reached the halfway point of your pregnancy, and hopefully you’re feeling pretty great, because it’s all down hill from here.
What part of speech are the words in quotes above? For me, they're all nouns, and the words old and pregnant are adjectives that post-modify them. However, there're some people who think that these words in quotes are adverbs that modify the adjectives after them. I don't agree with them, because it doesn't make sense in sentence 3 and 4. Could anybody please tell me what's your opinion on this? Thank you!
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