All posts tagged "noun phrase"
English Nouns: Common and ProperA noun can be defined semantically as “a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.” In English, nouns can...
English NounsJune 25, 2020- The Word ‘another’ Is Not an Adjective
If I had to pick a single grammar topic to focus on for the rest of my life, I would likely...
English DeterminersMarch 6, 2020 - Using Verbs and Verb Phrases as Noun Phrase Complements
Notional grammars define verbs as “words that denote actions and states of being.” A verb phrase consists of a verb plus...
English VerbsMay 13, 2019 - Lies Your Grammar Teacher Told You: Nouns and Adjectives
Notional grammars define adjectives as “words that describe nouns.” Big, cute, green, small, and wonky are prototypical adjectives. In big bully,...
English AdjectivesMarch 31, 2019 - Lies Your Grammar Teacher Told You: Indirect Objects
I recently tweeted my post entitled Using Nouns and Noun Phrases as Indirect Objects. To my tweet, I received a comment...
Grammatical FunctionMarch 29, 2019 - The Appositive in English Grammar
Appositives are words, phrases, and clauses that supports another word, phrase, or clause by describing or modifying the other word, phrase,...
Grammatical FunctionJune 14, 2018 - The Postpositional Complement in English Grammar
Postpositional complements are defined as the word, phrase, or clause that directly precedes the postposition and completes the meaning of the...
Grammatical FunctionJanuary 27, 2018 - The Adpositional Complement in English Grammar
Adpositional complements are defined as the word, phrase, or clause that directly follows the adposition and completes the meaning of the...
Grammatical FunctionFebruary 10, 2014 - Using Verbs and Verb Phrases as Noun Phrase Modifiers
Traditional grammars define verbs as “words that denote actions and states of being.” A verb phrase consists of a verb plus...
English VerbsSeptember 15, 2013 - Using Noun Clauses as Noun Phrase Complements
In grammar, a clause is a grammatical structure that consists of a subject and a predicate. A dependent or subordinate clause...
English NounsSeptember 1, 2013 - English Pronouns
Notional grammars define pronouns as “small words that take the place of nouns and other grammatical forms.” Pronoun is a subcategory...
English PronounsAugust 29, 2013 - Using Pronouns as Object Complements
Traditional grammars describe nouns as words that name people, places, things, and ideas. Pronouns are a subcategory of nouns that take...
English PronounsAugust 28, 2013 - The Noun Phrase Head in English Grammar
Noun phrase heads are words that function as the heads of noun phrases. A noun phrase consists of a noun or...
Grammatical FunctionAugust 14, 2013 - The Predicate Nominative in English Grammar
Predicate nominatives, or predicate nouns, are defined as nominal grammatical forms that perform the grammatical function of subject complement. Subject complements...
Grammatical FunctionJuly 18, 2013 - The Determinative in English Grammar
Determinatives are words and phrases that express additional information such as definiteness, proximity, quantity, and relationships about a noun phrase or...
Grammatical FunctionJuly 9, 2013
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