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Ali.h Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Phrase

This is my definition of 'phrase' is it correct:

A phrase is a group of words which do not have a clear frame of reference.

Please add or edit my definition if there is anything wrong with it.
  

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Phrase can have numerous meanings. s=phrase&gwp=13 .

— Madhulk

  • Phrase can have numerous meanings.
  • s=phrase&gwp=13 .
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Phrase can have numerous meanings. You can see each one of them
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=phrase&gwp=13.
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Ali.hThis is my definition of 'phrase' is it correct:
A phrase is a group of words which do not have a clear frame of reference.
This definition does not make any sense to me.
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'The book' is a phrase correct? If i said the book, then what about the book, the book is big?, small?...
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'The book' is a noun phrase, and it has a clear frame of reference: it is referring to a specific book in context. 'The big red book' is another noun phrase, and 'inside the big red book' is a prepositonal phrase. I think you have wandered away from the meaning by using 'clear frame of reference', Ali-- it seems inappropriate to me. What is your intent in saying that?

(The most common
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In the simplest way, a phrase refers to a group of words which does not have a VERB.

for example:

a sick old woman
big tree with long branches

a phrase is a part of a sentence.

I helped a sick old woman.
(Subject) (Verb) (phrase)
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