http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htm#277576Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:30:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:277576Mister Micawber0http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htm#277576http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-277576.xmlYes, as IK said, to dinner is a prepositional phrase acting as a sentence adverbial. So that people who know me are not too shocked and surprised when suddenly I am old and start to wear purple -- this is still not a complete sentence. So that is a subordinating conjunction; the whole thing is a dependent clause. However, a clause within the clause, ' who know me ', modifies people .http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htm#277538Tue, 26 May 2009 06:30:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:277538Inchoateknowledge1http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htm#277538http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-277538.xmlWe shall have friends (to dinner = at dinner time) to dinner is a prep phrase in adverb function, and it modifies the whole sentence (not the verb -- sorry).http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htm#277537Tue, 26 May 2009 06:30:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:277537Inchoateknowledge2http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htm#277537http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-277537.xmlOhayo wrote: Inchoateknowledge wrote: We shall have friends to dinner(,) and (we shall) read the paper. "Since 'dinner' is a noun ??, does 'to dinner' modifies 'friends'?" No. 'to dinner' is a prep phrase, and modifies the verb phrase: 'shall have'. But a prep phrase can be a postmodifier to the head noun right? Yes, but this is not the case here. flights to Los Angeles is a noun phrase and the prep phrase to LA postmodifies the head: flights .http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htm#277534Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:30:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:277534Ohayo3http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htm#277534http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-277534.xmlInchoateknowledge wrote: We shall have friends to dinner(,) and (we shall) read the paper. "Since 'dinner' is a noun ??, does 'to dinner' modifies 'friends'?" No. 'to dinner' is a prep phrase, and modifies the verb phrase: 'shall have'. But a prep phrase can be a postmodifier to the head noun right?http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htm#277531Tue, 26 May 2009 06:30:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:277531Inchoateknowledge4http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htm#277531http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-277531.xmlHi Ohayo wrote: Mister Micawber wrote: 3) We shall have friends to dinner &amp; read the papers -- Dinner is a noun. Since "dinner" is a noun, does "to dinner" modifies "friends"? The full sentence is this - So that people who know me are not too shocked and surprised when suddenly I am old and start to wear purple. Thus is "who know me are not too shocked and surprised" or just "who know me" modifies people? We shall have friends to dinner(,) and (we shall) read the paper. "Since 'dinner' is a noun ??, does 'to dinner' modifies 'friends'?" No. 'tohttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htm#277512Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:30:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:277512Ohayo5http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htm#277512http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-277512.xmlMister Micawber wrote: 3) We shall have friends to dinner &amp; read the papers -- Dinner is a noun. Since "dinner" is a noun, does "to dinner" modifies "friends"? The full sentence is this - So that people who know me are not too shocked and surprised when suddenly I am old and start to wear purple. Thus is "who know me are not too shocked and surprised" or just "who know me" modifies people?http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htm#277358Tue, 26 May 2009 06:30:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:277358Mister Micawber6http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htm#277358http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-277358.xmlOhayo. 1) a red hat that doesn't suit me -- The clause postmodifies hat , which is the head noun. 2) three pounds of sausages at a go -- Of sausages postmodifies pounds ; at a go is a sentence adverb. 3) We shall have friends to dinner &amp; read the papers -- Dinner is a noun. 4) so that people who know me are not too shocked and surprised -- This is not a complete sentence, it is a dependent clause; it cannot be a phrase, because it has a subject and verb (plus an embedded clause); I cannot tell its function without the rest of the sentence, but I surmise is it an adverbial. 5) The connectivity offered by the digital age -- Offered...age is a nonfinite clause postmodifying connectivity. 6) our public...http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htmTue, 26 May 2009 06:30:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:277318Ohayo7http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpWithNounPhrases/dzhjx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-277318.xmlHi 1) a red hat that doesn't suit me - Is "that doesn't suit me " a postmodifier of "hat"? "hat" is the head noun am I right? 2) three pounds of sausages at a go - Is "of sausages at a go" or "of sausages" the postmodifier of "pounds"? 3) We shall have friends to dinner &amp; read the papers - "dinner" is a verb or noun? 4) so that people who know me are not too shocked and surprised - Is this whole sentence consider a noun phrase? 5) The connectivity offered by the digital age - Is "offered by the digital age" a postmodifier of "connectivity"? 6) our public housing policy that encourages a diverse mix of races - Is "housing" a noun or adjective? - Is "that encourages a diverse...