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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Phrase type
Among educated persons incorrect forms, especially misuses of apostrophes, stand out like red flags.
What is the phrase type and parts of speech of each word in the phrase in bold, please?
What is it modifying?
Good day
What is the phrase type and parts of speech of each word in the phrase in bold, please?
What is it modifying?
Good day
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So that you're not doing all the work, I'll have a crack at it first: especially misuses of apostrophes -- appositive phrase (or maybe a noun phrase as object of the omitted gerund including) especially --adverb modifying 'stand out' misuses of apostrophes --noun phrase misuses-- head noun of apostrophes --prepositional phrase, modifying misuses apostrophes --object
- So that you're not doing all the work, I'll have a crack at it first: especially misuses of apostrophes -- appositive phrase (or maybe a noun phrase as object of the omitted gerund including) especially --adverb modifying 'stand out' misuses of apostrophes --noun phrase misuses-- head noun of apostrophes --prepositional phrase, modifying misuses apostrophes --object
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So that you're not doing all the work, I'll have a crack at it first:
especially misuses of apostrophes-- appositive phrase (or maybe a noun phrase as object of the omitted gerund including)
especially--adverb modifying 'stand out'
misuses of apostrophes--noun phrase
misuses--head noun
of apostrophes--p
especially misuses of apostrophes-- appositive phrase (or maybe a noun phrase as object of the omitted gerund including)
especially--adverb modifying 'stand out'
misuses of apostrophes--noun phrase
misuses--head noun
of apostrophes--p
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To me the sentence is ambiguous. Are the "educated persons" the ones who produce the incorrect forms, or the ones who evaluate them?
The bold phrase modifies "forms."
The bold phrase modifies "forms."
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I wish I the had site from which I copied this. Anyway, do we normal refer to people as misuses?
A person can misuse, but I don't know whether or not people themselves are misuses.
My dictionary defines misuses like this:
noun
1.
wrong or improper use; misapplication.
A person can misuse, but I don't know whether or not people themselves are misuses.
My dictionary defines misuses like this:
noun
1.
wrong or improper use; misapplication.
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And if it were to refer to people, it would be 'misusers' not misuses, right? 
What do you think?
What do you think?
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Right. People are misusers. The examples of there work are misuses. What they do could be called misusing. They misuse things.
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