Is friends a noun or pronoun and what kind of noun or pronoun?
The word 'friends' is both a noun and a verb.The noun 'friends' is a plural, common, concrete noun; the plural form of the noun 'friend', a word for someone whom one knows, likes, and trusts; a word for a person(s).A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence. The pronouns that take the place of the plural noun 'friends' are they as a subject and them as an object in a sentence.Example: My friends are coming to visit. They plan to stay for the weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing them.The verb 'friends' is the third person, singular, present of the verb 'to friend', meaning to add someone to a list of contacts associated with a social networking website.