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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
Grammar
Genitive Noun Phrase
In the following sentence:
Why does it always rain when we have camping plans with Jeremy's family?
is "with Jeremy's family" considered a genitive noun phrase?
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anonymous is "with Jeremy's family" considered a genitive noun phrase? No. That's a preposition phrase.
- anonymous is "with Jeremy's family" considered a genitive noun phrase?
- No.
- That's a preposition phrase.
- Just "Jeremy's" is a genitive noun phrase.
- [with [ [Jeremy's] GNP family] NP ] PP GNP ~ Genitive noun phrase NP ~ Noun phrase PP ~ Preposition phrase See Genitive Noun Phrase CJ
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anonymousis "with Jeremy's family" considered a genitive noun phrase?
No. That's a preposition phrase. Just "Jeremy's" is a genitive noun phrase.
[with [ [Jeremy's]GNP family]NP ]PP
GNP ~ Genitive noun phrase
NP ~ Noun phrase
PP ~ Preposition phrase
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