In Nouns^x, Adverbs^x, Clauses^x

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...

Thanks. This has helped me examine and understand the constituents of a sentence and, also see a sentence in its entirety; I never saw the relative pronoun as an object until you explained it this way. In regards to an earlier comment you made. Is this just a prepositional phrase, or is it a...

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...

Here is better punctuation: Also, when you have a verb form (no comma) and it is the ing form, (comma) is it always a non-finite/verbal (no comma) which means it is a phrase -either a gerund or particple? The main clause is: is it always a non-finite/verbal Introductory dependent clauses....

I suppose that phrases can be classified in different ways - I found a good reference with a similar classification. But the classification can be two-dimentional: the part of speech of its head, and / or its grammatical function in a given sentence. Noun phrases - includes special...

Well, there are sentences, which are made up of clauses (main, independent, dependent), and phrases (prepositional, gerund, infinitive, adverb, noun). There are no other grammatical structures I am aware of except interjections.

    A U.S. newspaper: -> subject, main clause   says -> verb, main clause. The rest of the sentence is a dependent clause, direct object of "says"     nation's two highest-ranking intelligence  officials  -> noun phrase, subject, dependent clause expect   ->...

I'm having a hard time trying to find what they are also... so just google... clauses, noun clauses and additive clauses and you should find so answers! LOOK at the EXAMPLE and it should help.

Hi Everbody: I'll leave this discussion in your capable hands and offer you all some further reading and viewing for your pleasure Here are some links on participial phrases : www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNzKX-my5C0 (video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OMHyyD6TsY&feature=related (video) ...

Well, the phrase "holding outgoing radiation.." .cannot be a clause. It is a phrase. As I recall my grammar lessons (a long time ago), a clause must have a subject (which can be a relative pronoun) and a verb, a phrase does not. A phrase can act grammatically as a noun, adverb, or...