In the following sentence, identify the part of speech of the italicized word.

"thousands of years ago, fish were caught in nets and traps."

(and is the italicized word)

a. pronoun
b. preposition (leaning towards this)
c. linking verb
d. conjunction (think it might be this)

answer asap.

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes