then i think i saw a boy tossing a coin a bou tossing a coin is a noun phrase so..tossing a coin is right

Yeah! Your are right. Afte I chewed on it a little more, it's not a noun phrase. Thanks,

No. Sorry. I think you've got the wrong end of the stick as far as noun phrases are concerned. In your example, the depending phrase is adverbial. The noun phrase version has to be a subject or object of some kind. Noun phrases underlined.

Which is the compound noun? There are no compound nouns. The compound noun phrases are underlined below. There is a cat and a dog in the kitchen. There are a cat and a dog in the kitchen. There is a cat and some dogs in the kitchen. There are a

It would seem to me that it has the characteristics of all 3 It would depend on context, though the use of "depending on location" is more difficult (for me) to contextualize (without some modification) as a noun phrase. CJ

Now I am curious... "Prices may vary depending on location" which is the example I tried to use as a parallel to the original question. I saw this usage quite a few times before at McDonalds as different stores have different pricing

Well, now I'm embarrassed again. Also depending/ dependent upon the weather would be the farmers and the construction workers. In the matter of the subject of the sentence, I suppose all kinds of phrases can be "noun phrases" and

<< Also depending on the occasion would be the shape of the cake. >> I've never considered the sentence wrong. I'm comfortable with atypical sentences. But I was embarrassed by the poster's question about the subject. Amy

With a compound noun phrase having a singular first element, either singular or plural is possible. There is a cat and a dog in the kitchen. There are a cat and a dog in the kitchen. There is a cat and some dogs in the kitchen. There are a cat

Is the verb after there always a plural or singular form? It can be either singular or plural. It depends on the following noun phrase. There is a seat. There are seats. There has to be a seat. There have to be seats. With a compound noun phrase