The old woman with the green hair is smart.
What is the form of "with the green hair"?
Is it a prepositional phrase or a noun phrase because it post-modifies "the old woman" within a noun phrase so that its form is a noun phrase?
Anonymous What is the form of "with the green hair"? It post-modifies "the old woman " It modifies a noun; that makes it an adjective phrase. 'Prepositional phrase' refers to form; one's function can be adjectival or adverbial.
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AnonymousWhat is the form of "with the green hair"? It post-modifies "the old woman"
It modifies a noun; that makes it an adjective phrase. 'Prepositional phrase' refers to form; one's function can be adjectival or adverbial.
Anonymous"the old woman"