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What part of speech is the word somebody?

"Somebody" is a pronoun.

Here's why:

* Pronouns replace nouns in a sentence.

* "Somebody" refers to an unspecified person.

For example:

* Somebody left their phone on the table. (Here, "somebody" replaces the noun "person".)

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