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Malcolm101 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Problems with Noun Phrases
We have been told to underline the noun phrases in the following sentences.
1. Evenhandedness is a virtue in the law court.
2. Have you heard of the five-second rule?
3. The beach was strewn with rubbish from across the planet, or so it seemed.
My friends and I have different opinions about including the definite article as part of the noun phrase. I feel that though it functions as an adjective (modifying the nouns), it forms part of the noun phrases. Do you agree?
1. Evenhandedness is a virtue in the law court.
2. Have you heard of the five-second rule?
3. The beach was strewn with rubbish from across the planet, or so it seemed.
My friends and I have different opinions about including the definite article as part of the noun phrase. I feel that though it functions as an adjective (modifying the nouns), it forms part of the noun phrases. Do you agree?
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A noun phrase normally consists of a head noun accompanied by zero or more dependents, covering complements, modifiers, and determiners. These are the NPs: 1. Evenhandedness is a virtue in the law court .
- A noun phrase normally consists of a head noun accompanied by zero or more dependents, covering complements, modifiers, and determiners.
- These are the NPs: 1.
- Evenhandedness is a virtue in the law court .
- 2.
- Have you heard of the five-second rule ?
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A noun phrase normally consists of a head noun accompanied by zero or more dependents, covering complements, modifiers, and determiners. These are the NPs:
1. Evenhandedness is a virtue in the law court.
2. Have you heard of the five-second rule?
3. The beach was strewn with rubbish from across the planet, or so
1. Evenhandedness is a virtue in the law court.
2. Have you heard of the five-second rule?
3. The beach was strewn with rubbish from across the planet, or so
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Thank you very much Aspara Gus. I have got a better idea of noun phrases.
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