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Cenni89999 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Phrase anlysis
Hi everybody! I am an italian student and on the 10th of june i have to take an oral exam on the phrase, sentence, clause anlysis, ut also on semantic, morphological ecc ecc....
My question is: "greenhouse gas emission increased by a record amount last year to the highest carbon output in history...."
what is greenhouse? an adjective or a noun phrase?
the same question for gas: is it an adjective which specifies the word emission or is it a noun phrase?
And what about "record amount": is record an adjective phrase or a noun? and is it a premodifier of amount? In this case the only answer is that record is an adjcetive, is it right?
Please, give me an answer, because I have to analyze a text of 1000 words and if I don't understand this basic rules I will not succed in doing the rest of the text.
Thank you in advance,
Angela
My question is: "greenhouse gas emission increased by a record amount last year to the highest carbon output in history...."
what is greenhouse? an adjective or a noun phrase?
the same question for gas: is it an adjective which specifies the word emission or is it a noun phrase?
And what about "record amount": is record an adjective phrase or a noun? and is it a premodifier of amount? In this case the only answer is that record is an adjcetive, is it right?
Please, give me an answer, because I have to analyze a text of 1000 words and if I don't understand this basic rules I will not succed in doing the rest of the text.
Thank you in advance,
Angela
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Hello, Angela - and welcome to English forums. "what is greenhouse? -- 'Greenhouse' could be considered a noun used as an adjective in the noun phrase 'greenhouse gas', which itself is a noun phrase used as an adjective modifying 'emission'; or 'greenhouse' could be considered an adverb modifying the adjective 'gas' (which modifies the noun 'emission').
- Hello, Angela - and welcome to English forums.
- "what is greenhouse?
- -- 'Greenhouse' could be considered a noun used as an adjective in the noun phrase 'greenhouse gas', which itself is a noun phrase used as an adjective modifying 'emission'; or 'greenhouse' could be considered an adverb modifying the adjective 'gas' (which modifies the noun 'emission').
- I choose the former.
- -- See above.
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Hello, Angela - and welcome to English forums.
My question is: "greenhouse gas emission increased by a record amount last year to the highest carbon output in history.."what is greenhouse? an adjective or a noun phrase?-- 'Greenhouse' could be considered a noun used as an adjective in the noun phrase 'greenhouse gas', which itself is a noun phrase used as an adjective modifying 'emissi
My question is: "greenhouse gas emission increased by a record amount last year to the highest carbon output in history.."what is greenhouse? an adjective or a noun phrase?-- 'Greenhouse' could be considered a noun used as an adjective in the noun phrase 'greenhouse gas', which itself is a noun phrase used as an adjective modifying 'emissi
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Thank you very much for your explanation! Also because It is not easy to find such helpful people at this time of the night!!
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