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Ana Machado Posted 9 years ago
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Can I use the word "phrase" to designate just a group of words (not necessarily a sentence)?

Can I use the word "phrase" to designate a group of words (not necessarily a sentence)? Example:

Click here to select the phrase "It's" [hypothetical situation: as part of a quiz]

  

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Ana Machado Can I use the word "phrase" to designate a group of words (not necessarily a sentence)? phrase: 1a. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.

— Mister Micawber

  • Ana Machado Can I use the word "phrase" to designate a group of words (not necessarily a sentence)?
  • phrase: 1a.
  • a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
  • 1b.
  • a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
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Ana MachadoCan I use the word "phrase" to designate a group of words (not necessarily a sentence)?

phrase:

1a. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.

1b. a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consis

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