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CaesarCzech Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Sentence Containing Noun phrase with postmodifier head

I have problem with two specific ones
its case where sentence containing a noun phrase and head is potmodified by

  1. An adverb:
  2. A non finite clause

Can somebody give me examples of those two and explain it to me based on those examples ?


Thank you in advance

  

Top answer

" Since adverbs modify verbs or adjectives, but not nouns, and a noun is the head word of a noun phrase, I don't think the first is grammatically possible. Adverbs can post-modify adjectives. Here is an example with the adverb "enough" It not very good, but it is good enough .

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  • " Since adverbs modify verbs or adjectives, but not nouns, and a noun is the head word of a noun phrase, I don't think the first is grammatically possible.
  • Adverbs can post-modify adjectives.
  • Here is an example with the adverb "enough" It not very good, but it is good enough .
  • Postmodification of a noun by a non-finite clause is extremely common.
  • Here are three examples with different verb forms.
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CaesarCzechits case where sentence containing a noun phrase and head is potmodified by

Do you mean "postmodified?"

Since adverbs modify verbs or adjectives, but not nouns, and a noun is the head word of a noun phrase, I don't think the first is grammatically possible.


Adverbs can post-modify adjectives. Here is an example with the adverb

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CaesarCzechnoun phrase where the head is postmodified by an adverb

This table here is the one you need to move.
The finance committee alone is responsible for corporate accounting.
The meeting yesterday was a resul

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