Greetings, Tina, Mister Micawber's answers are completely relevant, but let me make some additional remarks: 1. A time of prosperity and peace - is a noun phrase you analysed absolutely correctly. In general, noun phrases may have the

Dear friend, the brown floor is a single noun phrase, you rightly assume so. It is the direct object of the sentence They painted the brown floor. However, when it comes to the second sentence, the analysis differs, the floor brown is not a

he was feeling aglow Note that if you use two words, the grammar changes, if not the meaning: "He was feeling a glow." "Glow" is a noun, and serves as direct object. "Aglow" is an adjective, and serves as adjective

Right. "The actors" would be the indirect object. Some might argue for the whole phrase, "an enthusiastic thumbs up" and some for the compound noun "thumbs up."

i have to label the simple subjects, verb or verb phrases, direct objects, indirect objects, and predicate nouns. Then I have to bracket any prepositional phrases and label the objects of the prepositions. Here is the sentence: Susie and I

It is correct as a noun phrase -- provided you capitalize I . It could be used as a subject or direct object, for example. Nevertheless, it is not a sentence. You'll have to put some other words with it to make a sentence. CJ

Do you need to identify all of the nouns, or just the subject? You should try this assignment first and then we'll let you know how you did.

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Hello, We don't split verb phrases like "must have been sleeping" because the whole phrase is acting together as the verb. (But, in this example, you could choose to see "sleeping" as a gerund acting as the predicate noun

I need help with the sentence, "People thronged to watch Christians thrown to the lions." My question is, "to watch Christians" the noun phrase or is it just "Christians"? I also need to know the function of the