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The dealership that sold more cars eded up losing more money. =adjective clause My trouble was that they had never been there before=predicate nominative (noun phrase) Question: What type of pronoun is that in the second sentence? It's not a pronoun because it doesn't take the place...

Hi, 1) Question: A relative clause and adjective clause are the same thing, correct? 2) The dealership that sold more cars eded up losing more money. =adjective clause My trouble was that they had never been there before=predicate nominative (noun phrase) Question: What type of pronoun is that in...

Fronting the direct object is much more common in conversation than most people realize. It's definitely not restricted to writing. I think people just start a sentence thinking the first noun phrase is going to be the subject, and then suddenly a different verb comes to mind than they...

Verbs: Modal verb: can Bare infinitve: help Bare infinitive: tell Indirect object (pronoun): me Direct object (noun phrase expressed as a clause, i.e., "noun clause"): if a group of words is a clause or phrase ____ Noun phrase structures like whether a verb is the main...

No. This was answered above. After the linking verb you almost always have a noun phrase, an adjective phrase, or a prepositional phrase. But a noun phrase may of course be expressed as a clause, as described above. Here are a few examples showing the sorts of things that can come after a...

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...

Hi, I have just two sall questions from your detailed analysis. The questions are based on your analysis, which I have copied below. Anaylsis of Ind. Clause #2: Subject: what I can tell you Verb: (Linking verb) is Subject complement: (predicate nominative) that it was one day...

Hi, I have just two sall questions from your detailed analysis. The questions are based on your analysis, which I have copied below. Anaylsis of Ind. Clause #2: Subject: what I can tell you Verb: (Linking verb) is Subject complement: (predicate nominative) that it was one day...

Understanding whether a verb is the main verb or not can help tell me if a group of words is a clause or phrase . Begins with a gerund...maybe a noun phrase too...ends with a subordinate clause... I'm not too sure... Thanks.

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...