Question

What part of speech is the underlined word/phrase? "I grip these lovely messages as if they were prescriptions from the best doctor." The underlined word is "as if")

conjunction

pronoun


interjection


preposition

Answer 1

Explanation:How to know what part of speech a word falls into?

To know for sure what part of speech a word falls into, look not only at the word itself but also at its meaning, position, and use in a sentence. For example, in the first sentence below, work functions as a noun; in the second sentence, a verb; and in the third sentence, an adjective: Bosco showed up for work two hours late.