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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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With the green hair

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?

  

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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.

  • 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.
  • Anonymous "the old woman" That is a noun phrase.
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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"

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