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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Part time

Hi,
What part of speech is 'part-time' in the following?
'If your are changing two or three part-time to other jobs ... '

I think it's a noun in this context, but I couldn't find it as a noun in the dictionaries.
Could you help,please.
  

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Hi It's usually an adjective. It describes anything that you do for less than the usual time. If a job is five days a week but you only work at it for three days a week then you are a part-time member of the staff Possibly you could use it as a noun ...

— Dave_anon

  • Hi It's usually an adjective.
  • It describes anything that you do for less than the usual time.
  • If a job is five days a week but you only work at it for three days a week then you are a part-time member of the staff Possibly you could use it as a noun ...
  • - Have you got a proper job yet?
  • - Well, I've got a part-time at the supermarket I can't tell from your sentence - you've only given us a part of it.
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Hi

It's usually an adjective. It describes anything that you do for less than the usual time. If a job is five days a week but you only work at it for three days a week then you are a part-time member of the staff

Possibly you could use it as a noun ...

- Have you got a proper job yet?
- Well, I've got a part-time at the supermarket

I can't tell from your
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