'for some jerk to...' doesn't look like a noun phrase. No, but from for to the end of the sentence is, in fact, a noun phrase. It's a for ... to ... clause, and all such clauses are noun-like. It's important for him to be here

Thanks. I am sorry, but your answer is not clear to me. I think the phrase "All I need is" needs a noun or noun phrase at the end. 'for some jerk to...' doesn't look like a noun phrase.

Hi, For her to have survived this ordeal is amazing." In this sentence , is " For her to have survived " used as a noun phrase ? Yes What is the meaning of the sentence ? Does it mean that the event of her

1 The tenderest of steak. Not a sentence, but OK as a noun phrase. 2 She made dinner in the time that I was gone. OK. 3 You've put me in a delicate situation. OK. 4 My hair is itching because of the helmet. OK. (head, actually, so this is a

Here is my take: Recognizing the immediate danger, he ordered everyone to evacuate the building. - participle phrase usge. Recognize is a transitive verb, but I've used it without an object and as a gerund. Is that acceptable? Or,

It is the object of the verb. Verb objects are nouns, noun phrases or noun clauses. Ergo, it is a gerund (an '-ing' verb form acting as a noun.) (This conversation started HERE .)

I think the original post was referring to possessives in general, not just 'him'. Trad grams called my, your, his/her/its, our, your, their possessive adjectives . However, in many modern grammars they came to be called

Good. Now: what can I tell you?-- It has no real grammar, since it is just a noun phrase with its appositive. All I can say is that the adjective order is acceptable.

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,