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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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A phrase describing a noun?

What would this portion of a sentence be called? A "prepositional phrase?"

I know many people who eat pizza.

The "who eat pizza" is describing the people right?

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Hi, It's a subordinate adjectival clause relative to people. Clive

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Hi,

It's a subordinate adjectival clause relative to people.

Clive
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AnonymousWhat would this portion of a sentence be called? A "prepositional phrase?"I know many people who eat pizza.
No. It's not a prepositional phrase because 'who' isn't a preposition.
It's a relative clause. It modifies 'people'.

CJ
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