Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
DEFINING A PHRASE
When we looked at nouns and pronouns, we said that a pronoun can sometimes replace a noun in a sentence. Example: [Children] should watch less television.
[They] should watch less television Here it is certainly true that the pronoun they replaces the noun children.
IN OTHER WORDS
A phrase is a group of two or more grammatically linked words that do not have subject and predicate. For example: The girl is at home, and tomorrow she is going to the amusement park.
NOUN PHRASE
But consider: [The children] should watch less television ~[They] should watch less television In this example, they does not replace children. Instead, it replaces the children, which is a unit consisting of a determiner and a noun.
NOUN PHRASE
We refer to this unit as a NOUN PHRASE (NP), and we define it as any unit in which the central element is a noun. Here is another example: I like [the title of your book]~ I like [it] In this case, the pronoun it replaces not just a noun but a five-word noun phrase, the title of your book.
PHRASE TYPES
PRACTICE
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internetgrammar/phrases/ap.htm
THE CLAUSE
Clauses come in four types: Main [or independent], Subordinate [or dependent], Adjective [or relative], and noun. Every clause has at least a subject and a verb. Other characteristics will help you distinguish one type of clause from another.
EXAMPLE
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/clause.htm A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb, but is not a complete sentence.
THE SENTENCE
A sentence begins with a capital letter, ends with a full stop, and contains a main verb, subject and predicate. It also contains one or more clauses.
THE SENTENCE
Simple Sentence. The verb group may be followed by another noun group, which is called the object. The object is the person or thing affected by the action or situation.
Ex. She opened the car door. She married a young engineer.
The verb group, the object, or the complement can be followed by an adverb or a prepositional phrase, called an adverbial. The adverbial tells you more about the action or situation, for example how, when, or where it happens. Adverbial are also called adjuncts.
They shouted loudly. She won the competition last week. He was a policeman in Birmingham.
A compound sentence has two or more main clauses: that is, clauses which are equally important. You join them with and, but, or or.
Ex. He met Jane at the station and went shopping. (when the subject of both clauses is the same, you usually omit the subject in the second clause. I wanted to go but I felt too ill. You can come now or you can meet us there later.