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Holyduke Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

The part of speech for "out of order"

Hi,

Is "out of order" an adjective phrase or is it an adjective? Or is it something else?
  

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its a noun phrase... coz whn sentence show some question so its called noun phrase... here out of order show some question...

  • its a noun phrase...
  • coz whn sentence show some question so its called noun phrase...
  • here out of order show some question...
  • means what thing is out of order?...
  • it may be anger,some other thing etc...
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its a noun phrase... coz whn sentence show some question so its called noun phrase...

here out of order show some question... means what thing is out of order?... it may be anger,some other thing etc... we dnt khw... ok.. may be its help u...
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holydukeHi,

Is "out of order" an adjective phrase or is it an adjective? Or is it something else?
Hi,

'Out of' is a preposition, 'order' is a noun in the expression, so it is a prepositional phrase.

Can the 'out of order' function as an adjectival modifier? Yes, it can [ e g '...out of order stories from an out of order life...', 'Wh
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holydukeHi, Is "out of order" an adjective phrase or is it an adjective? Or is it something else?
It's an idiomatic preposition phrase headed by the preposition "out". It does bear a significant syntactic resemblance to an adjective as can be seen by the fact that it can take a degree expression as modifier "That remark was wholly out of order".
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Thanks for the info! Emotion: smile

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