By Noun phrases, Clauses

Not here. No. when to clauses are indirect questions, hence, they function as noun phrases:I didn't know when to change trains.Be sure to tell him when to change trains.They don't function as adverbs:*You have to walk when to change trains.*Be sure to read the posted signs when to...

Actually, "to find / that the house had been burgled," is a non-finite clause. The non-finite verb "to find" (infinitive) takes as its object a finite clause ("that the house has been burgled").The object slot could have been filled with a noun phrase, or...

Could you please explain how that is so? I saw "Mr. Doe having read the book many times" as a noun phrase of the second clause and "having read" as the verb phrase of the previous quote. How is it operating as a gerund?

Again, you are just making a long noun phrase. The modifying clauses like which defines your lifestyle do not supply the necessary verb.Here are some non-sentences like the ones you are making:The boy who laughed. What about him? The boy who laughed did what?You can change this to: The boy...

.I'm not sure that I can make it much easier for you, but--Be (the copula) and other linking verbs have the SVC structure, where C is a noun or an adjective:He is a man.He is handsome.Nouns can be single-word nouns, noun phrases or noun clauses, and they all work into an SVC sentence in the...

Hello Anonymous,In your sentences there is no adjective phrases.A phrase is a name used in the english grammar to label a group of words which acts as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence,which means that you need at least two words to label some part of the sentence a phrase. Words,phrases...

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...

Hi, everyone. I'm wondering if I've understood the concept of 'grammatical subject' in the it-construction correctly and would be grateful for help. For example, in a sentence like, "It lay a dog on the bed" which clearly isn't right - would you call this an attempt...

Hello everybody,Taka, I must admit that I don't feel any adjectival flavor in that clause,only adverbial flavor.The clause: "to alter or emphasize what we say and do" is an adverbial(purpose)clause. In the sentence:I learned a good way to ensure the absence of typing mistakes.the...

An appositive has to be an NP (noun phrase). Appositive NP's underlined below. The planet Jupiter is the largest. My brother George has red hair. The Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, has handed down an important decision today. Zocor, a medication used to reduce cholesterol,...