Question

Read the sentence.

Machines have come and gone, but the spirit of invention lives forever.

Which underlined word functions as a preposition in the sentence?


forever
but
and
of

Answer 1

the answer to this question is of

Answer 2

of

Step-by-step explanation:

A preposition is a function word that usually precedes a noun or pronoun and that shows a relationship between that noun or pronoun and other words. There are many prepositions, some of them include of, up, after, before, until, at, for, after and on.

In the sentence, "of" is a preposition because it shows a relationship between the noun "the spirit" with the noun "invention". The other words, on the other hand, are not prepositions: "forever" is an adverb, and "but" and "and" are conjunctions.