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Anon f8r Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Adjective phrase or adverb phrase?

He walks into the room with his hands in his pockets.
Is 'in his pocket' an adjective phrase?
Is 'with his hand in his pockets' an adverb phrase?

He lands on the ground with his feet two inches behind the line.
Is ' his feet two inches behind the line' an adjective phrase?

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Hongkie He walks into the room with his hands in his pockets. Is 'in his pockets' an adjective phrase? It's a preposition phrase because it's headed by the preposition in .

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  • Hongkie He walks into the room with his hands in his pockets.
  • Is 'in his pockets' an adjective phrase?
  • It's a preposition phrase because it's headed by the preposition in .
  • , very useful , hard to understand, scared of heights , glad it's over.
  • I assume you're effectively asking whether the phrase is modifying the noun hands .
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HongkieHe walks into the room with his hands in his pockets. Is 'in his pockets' an adjective phrase?
It's a preposition phrase because it's headed by the preposition in. An adjective phrase has an adjective as its head word, e.g., very useful, hard to understand, scared of heights, glad it's over.
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Thanks.
I know they are prepositional phrase. Besides being prepositional phrases, are they adjective phrase or adverb phrase?
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