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Nobody said it was not a clause! There are several bits of terminology that are confusing. One set of terms applies to the individual words. 'house' is a noun . 'happy' is an adjective . 'quietly' is an adverb . And so on. Another set of terms applies to groups of words...

Note that the noun phrase contains a (relative) clause, and it is also contained within a larger clause in each case above. CJ P.S. Part of your frustration may be because not all writers use the terms ''phrase' and 'clause' (and others) completely consistently at all...

    A U.S. newspaper: -> subject, main clause   says -> verb, main clause. The rest of the sentence is a dependent clause, direct object of "says"     nation's two highest-ranking intelligence  officials  -> noun phrase, subject, dependent clause expect   ->...

It -- S will make -- V them -- DO wise -- Object Complement The topic of complements is a broad and complex one, but here is a good basic introduction from an on-line source : Complement A complement is used with verbs like be, seem, look etc. Complements give more information about the...

What is the word sucks in " Homework sucks " ? Is it a verb or an adjective? If it is a verb, what does homework suck? This brings up an excellent point, and a wonderful opportunity to discover the beautiful syntactic structure of the English language. The question at hand is " Does an English...

There are often optional ways of looking at sentence structure, but here are my opinions: 1. She | tried phoning | his home number, | but | he | didn´t answer. Subject | Verb | Direct object / noun phrase | conj. | subject | verb - Could "but he didn´t answer" be a clause?-- YES,...

Dear teachers, Would you please help me to solve this problem? Example 1 : I have been looking for you everywhere. "Parsing" = sentence analysis (correct use ?) Form + Function : I = Noun Phrase = subject have been looking = Verb Phrase = transitive verb for you = Prepositional Phrase you =...

A sentence may take the form of a single clause or be formed from several clauses. The typical clause has a noun phrase for a subject and a verb phrase for a predicate. The verb phrase may have another noun phrase or two embedded within it which serves as direct object or indirect object....

Hello K.O. That looks good - here's a little more detail: Clause 1 We - subject were spared - passive voice , past tense the storm's fury - noun phrase, object (the storm's - possessive; fury - direct object) Clause 2 but - coordinating conjunction now - adverb are...

Dear teachers, What do you think of the following analysis, is it correct ? The children looked at the boy inquisitively. FORM: FUNCTION: The children = noun phrase subject looked at = verb phrase transitive (phrasal) verb (?) the boy = noun phrase direct object inquisitively =...