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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
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First sentence: "A time of prosperity and peace"-- This is not a sentence; it is a noun phrase 'A time' is a noun phrase, where 'a' is the determiner and 'time' is the head. 'Of' is a preposition, so I think it's a prepositional phrase with a
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I could really use some help with some sentences analysis. I am not sure at all if I am on the right track .
First sentence:
"A time of prosperity and peace"
I did this analyse:
A time is a noun phrase, where a is
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1. The question has been answered a few times already , but has not been answered.
Okay to omit the subject in the sentences like the above (omitting the subject in the second clause), right? A comma before but is necessary even when the
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Jaleel.nt, in the first instance, we deal with a phenomenon that is conventionally known as a passive gerund ; the whole clause with being... can be substituted with a noun phrase, eg, ...this award . Therefore, we refer to being... as a nominal
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Compound sentence consisting of two independent clauses.
He bought a box of paints main clause
and
( he) copied a magazine lithograph of a Japanese painting of Fujiyama. main clause
Would you like to try first to do more
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As I see it, you talk about the scope of adverbials , i.e., that part(s) of clauses which they focus on. I believe that When in a business meeting refers to the clause as a whole , in other words, it is not limited neither to a noun phrase a good
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You will have to discover what word(s) they modify or describe in the sentence. Adjective phrases modify nouns; adverb phrases modify verbs, adjectives, or the whole sentence; and noun phrases act as subjects of sentences or objects of verbs or
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"what I can tell you" is the subject of your second independent clause joined by "but", and is considered a noun clause . The verb of your noun clause is "is". "that it was one day before your birthday" is a
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Then, how about "Over two million people have died" if the writer could not give the exact number. As far as I know, a prepositional phrase can take the place of a complement or an adverbial in a sentence but cannot serve as a subject or
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