Adverb clause in this sentence

Hi Eddie. Let me guess:

Prepositional phrase, acting adjectivally, modifying the subject of the sentence, "modifiers."

I think the structure is similar to "Among Ford products, the Lincoln is most expensive."

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Yeah, I thought it may have either been modifying the subject (adjectivally) or that it was an adverb phrase.

Oh, and one unrelated, simple question....

'I have a fear of his getting angry.'

I have a fear of him getting angry.

Is getting a gerund or participle? Because if it is a gerund, then the pronoun should be in possessive case.

Is i

Eddie88 What is it called when you have a clause inside a phrase?

Hmmm. That's what you get for working from big to small.

Why can't you say, "Of all the writing errors" is a prepositional phrase; "[that] you can make" is a relative clause, referring to "errors"; the whole thing is an adjectival phrase with an embedded / (appended?) relativ

Haha, the only reason I ask this is because I know that a noun phrase with a relative clause inside it is called a complex noun phrase, as opposed to a simple noun phrase.

Do you have any thoughts for my following question (same post)?

Cheers.

Eddie88 I know that a noun phrase with a relative clause inside it is called a complex noun phrase

But noun phrases seem to march to a different drummer. How can you assume that an adjectival phrase with a relative clause inside it is called a complex adjectival phrase?

Eddie88 Do you have any thoughts for my following question (same post)?

I believe we're talking about your original post in this thread. There were three numbered questions. The first one had two parts.

I answered all three in my first post, but missed the second part of #1, about the name of a phrase ending with a relative clause.

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Eddie88 'I have a fear of his getting angry.'

I have a fear of him getting angry.

Is getting a gerund or participle? Because if it is a gerund, then the pronoun should be in possessive case.

Is it a participle modifying 'him'? Or is it a gerund, that is, the object of the preposition?

P.s. now that I think about it, it no

Sorry, I edited the post and wrote it again below.

Haha, that's what I initially thought, and I second guessed myself.

And yeah, I suppose the comma would help indicate whether the object is the ing form or the pronoun; I also suppose that the ing form would be a participle modifying the pronoun if a comma was present.

My impression is that with this form we alway

Eddie88 What's stopping the pronoun being the object of the clause.

Nothing. It's just not very useful.

I'm afraid of him. (period) If you wish to elaborate, go ahead. It's much more effective in a separate sentence. I'm afraid of his A, his B, and his C.

But if you're only afraid of his B, it might not be accurate to say you'