In Noun phrases^x, Adverbs^x, Predicates^x

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...

I suppose that phrases can be classified in different ways - I found a good reference with a similar classification. But the classification can be two-dimentional: the part of speech of its head, and / or its grammatical function in a given sentence. Noun phrases - includes special...

Conjunctive adverbs, or simply "conjuncts", do exist, and are different from sentence adverbials.These conjuncts link sentences or paragraphs and usually appear at the beginning of a sentence. The adverbials Anonymous mentioned in their first post, those that tell us something...

The simple subject is just the noun: Bunches The complete subject is the whole noun phrase: Bunches of flowers The simple predicate is just the verb for the noun's action: cover The complete predicate is everything other than the complete subject (veb, objects, adverbs): cover the float...

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...

Yes, the noun phrase is "such " That is such a big dog. She wears such nice clothing. So is part of an adverb phrase. She sings so well. Or so can simply modify a predicate adjective. They seem so happy. Your voice is so pretty. Don't use so before an adjective that comes...

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...

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....

He (subject) is (copula) like (preposition) a (determiner) bamboo (adjective) pole (noun) . The underlined portion is called a subject complement, and it's a prepositional phrase in form: it's headed by the preposition "like", which takes the noun phrase "a bamboo pole" as its object. As...