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What types of phrase have been underlined? Analyse the phrases and give information about what elements they contain and what sort of words they consist of.

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Hercule Poirot made his first appearance in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Participial Phrase called upon by his friend Hastings, to solve a most mysterious murder. This Belgian refugee from the First World War began his career as a police officer - Christie felt it only fitting that he had a professional background as it would explain his knowledge of police proceedings when he later became a private detective. He began his private career on the continent, which is where he formed his lifelong friendship with . Poirot would be the first to call himself a great man - he has never been known for his modesty - but with such success in his career he is quite justified in his opinion! He finishes each case with a dramatic dénouement, satisfying his own ego and confirming to all, that he is truly “the greatest mind in .” His love of elegance, beauty, and precision, as well as his eccentric mannerisms are often ridiculed by the local bumbling policemen, but it is always Poirot who has the last word! Christie's inspiration for Poirot lay behind the Belgian refugees who had escaped the war and made their home in the Parish of Torre. Christie had seen how the locals had opened their arms to them and how some, not understanding the British way of life, preferred to do things their own way. Christie decided to make Poirot more mature, a decision she would later regret; “the result is that my fictional detective is well over a hundred by now.” But not even Christie could ever have imagined how popular Poirot would become, nor how many stories she would write about him. He would star in thirty-three novels and fifty-four short stories, including some of Christie’s best such as Murder on the Orient Express, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Death on the Nile. Poirot deserves his place in crime fiction history and this was certainly achieved on his death in 1975; Poirot became the only fictional character in history to be honoured with an obituary on the front of The New York Times! (Adapted from the official Agatha Christie page (http://uk.agathachristie.com)

a professional background:

it is NP “a” is indefinite article function as determiner.“Professional” is adjective,”


a professional” is a premodifier of the noun phrase, “background “is the head noun of the noun phrase.
2-Christie's inspiration for Poirot :

it is NP “Christie’s” is noun of the noun phrase form functions as Premodifier ,” inspiration” the head noun of the noun phrase “for Poirot” i

2-Christie's inspiration for Poirot :

it is NP “Christie’s” is noun of the noun phrase form functions as Premodifier ,” inspiration” the head noun of the noun phrase “for Poirot” is Prep: P “for“ preposition “Poirot” noun and all the phrase “for Poirot” is the postmodifeir of the noun phrase.

3-More mature:

adjective phrase in its comparative form consists of “more” determiner function as premodifier of the adjective phrase and “mature” adjective is the head of the adjective phrase.

Could have imagined:

verb phrase consists of, “could” modal auxiliary verb, ”have” grammatical auxiliary, imagined stative verb in past participle form and all the phrase in the present perfective tense.

In thirty-three novels:

prepositional phrase consists of preposition “in”,” thirty three" Post determiner” “Novels“ is the head noun of the noun phrase.