Noun Groups

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I need help sorting out Nouns Groups into determiners, numeratives, describer, classifier, head, and postmodifier. The text is about 500 words. It's really confusing me!

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

ZBHIt's really confusing me!

No wonder you are confused!
Nouns are not determiners.
Nouns are persons, places or things.

ZBH · Answer

lol I know that. But I need to organize noun GROUPS.
So A man...the A is the determiner in the noun group.

Fivejedjon · Answer

ZBH know that. But I need to organize noun GROUPS.

You need to work with noun phrases. Noun groups would be groups of nouns.

What is your question for us?

AlpheccaStars · Answer

ZBH But I need to organize noun GROUPS.

You mean this: I need to parse and analyze "noun phrases."
In grammar, a noun phrase is abbreviated "NP."
An NP consists of a head noun (the main noun in the phrase) and its modifiers.

ZBH · Answer

Thanks.
My mistake, we call them noun groups in UK

ZBH · Answer

I'm wondering if I tabled this correctly?

||A world without electricity

A World Without electricity would be a world without computers, phones, lights, TV, radio, and many others.|| And it would be very dark in the streets at night|| as there would be no street lamps|| and many accidents would occur|| from cars having no lights at night|| (if we found an alternative to electric car batteries of course!)|| We would probably not have planes|| because we wouldn’t have computer navigating systems|| and we wouldn’t have radar either.|| Computer games consoles wouldn’t exist,|| people couldn’t type things on computers|| (like I am now)|| or use computers for work.|| Can you imagine it?|| Computers not existing would mean|| no way of storing data|| and everything would be in paper,|| cameras wouldn’t exist,|| and of course, there would be no internet!!!||

People would probably cook their food on open fires|| and most food would be homemade.|| There wouldn’t be any factories|| to mass produce things||like processed food, ready meals, metal cans, plastic wrapping, and lots of other stuff.|| This would mean|| there would be less fizzy drinks, canned food, sweets, ready-made food,|| and most shops would probably make their products by hand.|| They wouldn’t have any fridges or freezers|| as they use electricity and food|| like meat would have to be salted|| to be preserved and other food, like bread, would have to be stored in a pantry.||

And how would we travel?|| We would probably not have any planes|| but we might still have air ships as an alternative to planes|| and our trains would all still be steam powered.|| But over the last 100 years of no electricity, steam trains and airships would have probably been improved a fair amount, such as navigating systems for airships and faster steam trains.|| We may still have cars|| but they would probably be wound up by hand|| like they were|| when people invented them years ago.|| For entertainment people would probably read lots more books|| and play lots more instruments.|| There would be a ton of live acoustic instruments||but there would be no rock and roll!|| There may well be a cinema,|| just instead of using electricity to project the film|| it would have a man|| turning a handle,|| or a donkey walking in circles outside!|| We would have more artists|| and with the lack of TV, video game consoles, and computers children would go outside a lot more|| and get a lot more exercise.|| So that would probably be healthier.||

So, all in all, the world would probably be a much greener place without electricity|| as people would travel by car less|| and we wouldn’t have factories|| pumping Co2 into the air|| and it would be a very steam engine style world|| where there wouldn’t be any food from other countries|| due to transportation being harder|| and our cinemas would be donkey powered!|| But, while we’d have a lack of items|| that we use in everyday life,|| the world would be a very clean, steamy, healthy place.|| So we should try using less electricity!||

Noun Groups	Determiner	Numerative	Describer	Classifier	Head
Noun Groups	A An A The A The The	Many No Any Less Most Any No Lots more Lots more Ton More Lack	Electric Computer Navigating Computer Games Metal Plastic Fizzy Steam Video Games Steam Engine Everyday	Car Open Canned Ready-made Air Air Greener	World Electricity computers phones Lights TV Radio Streets Street lamps Accidents Cars Alternative Batteries Systems Radar Consoles People Computers Computers Computers Data Everything Cameras Internet People Food Fires Cans Wrapping Factories Drinks Food Sweets Food Shops Products Fridges or freezers Electricity Food Meat Food Bread Planes Ships Trains Electricity People Car Factories Ships Trains Electricity Trains Trains Cars People Entertainment Books Instruments Instruments Cinema Electricity Film Man Donkey Artists TV Consoles Computers World Place People Car Factories Co2 Air Styleworld Food Countries Transportation Cinemas Donkey Items Life World Place Electricity

CalifJim · Answer

AlpheccaStarsAn NP consists of a head noun (the main noun in the phrase) and its modifiers.

... and at least one determiner (possibly the zero-determiner).

As I understand it, determiners are not modifiers, but then ...

CJ

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