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Cenni89999 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Phrasal analysis for a university exam!
I would have millions of questions to ask, but I will reduce the number!
My question are:
-international energy agency> international=adj phrase; energy=adjective or noun phrase??; agency=noun phrase
-of holding>is it possible for a preposition to embedd a verb phrase?? > [OF (HOLDING)vp]pp ; or prepositional phrase can just embedd a noun phrase?
-temperature rise> is temperature a noun phrase itself or an adjective? (I would say the former...)
-of more than 2 degreed celsius which scientists say is the threshold for dangers> how would you analyse it in terms of phrase?
-the chief economist of the IEA> chief is a noun or an adjective?
-80 years\32gigatonnes\nien years>numbers are adjectives or noun phrases? I would say noun??
-this is what the numbers say> what is "what"?
-"into the economics of climate change for the treasury in 2006"?> can you do a phrase analysis?
-Such warming would disrupt....>is "such" an adverb phrase?
My question are:
-international energy agency> international=adj phrase; energy=adjective or noun phrase??; agency=noun phrase
-of holding>is it possible for a preposition to embedd a verb phrase?? > [OF (HOLDING)vp]pp ; or prepositional phrase can just embedd a noun phrase?
-temperature rise> is temperature a noun phrase itself or an adjective? (I would say the former...)
-of more than 2 degreed celsius which scientists say is the threshold for dangers> how would you analyse it in terms of phrase?
-the chief economist of the IEA> chief is a noun or an adjective?
-80 years\32gigatonnes\nien years>numbers are adjectives or noun phrases? I would say noun??
-this is what the numbers say> what is "what"?
-"into the economics of climate change for the treasury in 2006"?> can you do a phrase analysis?
-Such warming would disrupt....>is "such" an adverb phrase?
Top answer
When you ask for an analysis of parts of speech, please give the complete sentence. Without context, it is difficult to be certain. These are definitions of noun and noun phrase : noun phrase — n grammar NP a constituent of a sentence that consists of a noun and any modifiers it may have.
- When you ask for an analysis of parts of speech, please give the complete sentence.
- Without context, it is difficult to be certain.
- These are definitions of noun and noun phrase : noun phrase — n grammar NP a constituent of a sentence that consists of a noun and any modifiers it may have.
- - a noun clause, or a word, such as a pronoun, that takes the place of a noun noun - any member of a class of words that are formally distinguished in many languages, as in English, typically by the plural and possessive endings and that can function as the main or only elements of subjects or objects, as cat , belief , writing , Ohio , darkness .
- Nouns are often thought of as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities.
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When you ask for an analysis of parts of speech, please give the complete sentence.
Without context, it is difficult to be certain.
These are definitions of noun and noun phrase:
noun phrase
— n
grammar NP a constituent of a sentence that consists of a noun and any modifiers it may have.
- a noun clause, or a word, such as a pronoun, t
Without context, it is difficult to be certain.
These are definitions of noun and noun phrase:
noun phrase
— n
grammar NP a constituent of a sentence that consists of a noun and any modifiers it may have.
- a noun clause, or a word, such as a pronoun, t
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