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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...

The noun phrase in question is: that reactions can happen slower at lower temperatures Informally stated, anything that occurs in its context the way a noun might occur is a noun phrase. All subjects and objects are noun phrases, even if they are lengthy groups of words. The person whom I saw...

Hi, 1. Is the underlined part a noun? It's a noun phrase, ie a phrase that gives more information about the noun 'people'. Is there possibly an ellipted 'to' at work? Yes, you could say ' to make people proud . . . ' What she has done is make people proud of who...

OK. I think I understand. criticize NP for NP is the pattern. (NP = noun phrase) The example you asked about at the beginning of this thread is correct. Mr. Obama criticized Clinton* frequently during the debate for what he said were distortions of his views and record by the...

Inchoateknowledge wrote: Appositions identify or explain the noun phrase, pronoun, they are in apposition to, and modify. REstrictive app is needed to make the sentence meaningful: The British Linford Christie won the 100 m race. LC is needed, otherwise you do not know who won. Comma is...

1. Neither of my friends are rich. 2. Neither of my friends is rich. My inclination would be to use #1; though #2 is fine. The OED seems happy with "neither of" + noun phrase + plural verb, and gives an example: 3. Neither of us are the proper judges. It also seems to be acceptable in...

I think you need to replace "it" with the specific antecedent - presumably his victory? or perhaps just his strong finish? As it reads now, the reader is mostly likely going to try to attach "it" to the most recent noun phrase - in this case, the congratulations. And once the reader realizes...

Hello, Komountain. You have just posted an example yourself! "And I would be glad to see some example sentences (in which clauses introduced by prepositions are not noun clauses) ." The subordinate clause in your sentence is a relative clause whose antecedent is the noun phrase "example...

Petra Hendriks Coordination A coordination joins two sentence elements, called conjuncts. In a coordinate structure like "cats and dogs" the conjunction coordinates the conjunct "cats" with the conjunct "dogs". In many languages, conjunctions like "and" or "or" can conjoin words or phrases...

I know this is a long post, but I have a final exam about this on Tuesday and I need answers. Any help will be very appreciated, if you don't have time to answer all and just have time to answer one question it will be equally appreciated! Thanks in Advance. 1. What are the 5 noun phrases in...