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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Problems with phrase analysis

Hello everybody! I'm an italian student and In these days I will have an exam about phrase analysis -.-

I've got some problems and I hope that someone will help me Emotion: smile

-In the sentence:what it's like, it's what a pronoun? I can classify it as a NP? According to me it is a determiner but I don't know how to classify them in phrase analysis.

-[for ever more AdvP], Is an Adverb Phrase?

-affairs of the heart can take rather more time. What is more in this context?

-[twice a year] is it an Adverb Phrase?

-Just as in other major italian cities,.... What is other? It could be a determiner, an adjective and also a pronoun (but not in this case)

Thank you Emotion: smile

Veronica
  

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Hello, Veronica. It is sometimes difficult to judge without a complete sentence, since many phrases can have alternative functions. -In the sentence:what it's like, it's what a pronoun?

— Mister Micawber

  • Hello, Veronica.
  • It is sometimes difficult to judge without a complete sentence, since many phrases can have alternative functions.
  • -In the sentence:what it's like, it's what a pronoun?
  • -- It's = It is.
  • This is pronoun subject + verb.
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Hello, Veronica. It is sometimes difficult to judge without a complete sentence, since many phrases can have alternative functions.

-In the sentence:what it's like, it's what a pronoun? -- It's = It is. This is pronoun subject + verb.

I can classify it as a NP?-- 'What it's like' is a dependent nominal clause.

-[for ever more AdvP], Is an Adverb Phrase?-
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