THe entire thing is the main clause. I -- the subject understand -- the simple verb well enough -- how you understand, so an adverb phrase modifying the main verb what difference a few days can make -- the entire noun phrase that is

Are the given sentences correct? The sentence without to doesn't feel natural to me. Please help to save a child. Please help save a child. 'to' is optional. It is often left out. Please help save the child. ( Shouldn't it be

My Am. Htg. dictionary definition of "appositive" gives me the impression that both the appositive and the word or phrase it represents must be nouns or noun phrases. If this is true, the appositive can have only an adjectival function.

. It seems to me clearly to describe the moon, hence an adjective. There is no reason to consider it a reduced clause; the noun phrase can be rearranged: the beautiful, luminescent, always so close, full moon Irecently read a site that states

Scribble: Here is a hint. If the word is followed by a noun phrase and can be a preposition, then it will be a preposition. The entire phrase can have a different function in grammar, such as adjective or adverb. off the kerb - "the

How is an adverb, modifying the adjective "many." "Cats" is the (bare) subject. The phrase "how many cats" is a noun phrase, so if you divide the sentence into 3 parts - subject / verb / object - then that whole noun

Another example of discrimination is if a child in Peru does not know Spanish , they are discouraged from attending schools where Spanish is the main and formal language. Another example of discrimination =noun phrase (subject) is =linking verb

Yeah. Well if I can help you think about this there are two noun phrases right? The first one on the left is a noun phrase that performs as the subject within the whole sentence, after IS the noun phrase is part of the predicate. :) I forgot to

Hi, no I'm not from there; it is a sentence I got from the internet. Um, yea I know what an adverb clause expressess. The only reason I ask is because the noun clause was followed by a main clause (and a comma). It seems weird to have a main

O.k. I will resate what I said to clear things up: There are a series of conflicts that run throughout this story= main clause (relative clause inside ) the most important being Trujillo’s abuse of his dictatorship over the country= participle