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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

What's a nominative phrase, please?

The term is unfamiliar to me. I would like to understand what it means, see some examples, and know how to use such a form.

thank you
Judy
  

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" It doesn't get used very much on this site. I think I've seen MrP use it one time. It's always something of a tossup as to whether a "noun phrase" is so-called because it functions as a noun or because it begins with a noun.

— Avangi

  • " It doesn't get used very much on this site.
  • I think I've seen MrP use it one time.
  • It's always something of a tossup as to whether a "noun phrase" is so-called because it functions as a noun or because it begins with a noun.
  • It's often both.
  • So do we say " gerund phrase" or " gerundive phrase"?
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"Nominative" is the adjectival form of "noun." It doesn't get used very much on this site. I think I've seen MrP use it one time.


It's always something of a tossup as to whether a "noun phrase" is so-called because it functions as a noun or because it begins with a noun. It's often both.

So do we say "gerund phrase" or "gerundive phrase"?
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I'm still poking around here.

The "absolute / nominative" guy had a second example:
"Him watching TV he forgot to call his mom." I would have said, "He - - - ."

As I think about it, a usage is coming into my memory which may be subjunctive, I'm not sure:
"He being lazy, I'd rather give the job to someone else." (prior context assumed) I'm not sure
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Nominative is used for the subject in the sentence.

In English a noun doesn't change based on what case it is - whether it's the subject, the direct object, the indrect object, etc. The pronouns do - which is why we say "He is my brother" where "he" is the subject and in the nominative case, but "I gave it to him" where "him" is the indirect object and in objective case.

If some
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Grammar Geek If something is a nominative phrase, it serves as the subject of the clause.
Thanks, GG [Y]
Anonymous I would like to understand what it means, see some examples
"The bad boy blushed." "The bad boy" is the nominative phrase in this sentence.
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GG:
OMG! You take me back to my Latin and Russian classes in high school - the cases and declinations of nouns and adjectives: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, vocative, instrumental ... and a different ending for each one in singular and plural, and a different ending for the adjectives, too. Figuring out what modified what was pretty simple!

Nominative can also b
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C'mon A s, do it with me.

Agricola, agricolae, agricolorum, ...

If I hadn't taken Latin in HS, I would have never learned how to say "the" in German!
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Hi, GG. I guess Maine was always more classical than NH. My Latin II as a Sophomore in 1952 was the last Latin class ever offered in Claremont. And I know you're much younger than I.
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