In Nouns^x, Adverbs^x, Determiners^x

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...

I have to analyse the following sentence, but I'm really stuck... "Amanda's practical solutions of what had seemed an insoluble mystery descended on the family like a balm." I have to cut this sentence into constituents and cut those up in nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives,...

Oops! I oversimplified. My remarks pertained to the use of next and the next when referring to time . Trains are different! Both of your examples require the next (train) . train is a countable, singular, concrete noun, so it has to have a determiner. This takes precedence over any other...

1. Why it’s not good using "Gently landing" I mean gently is adverb of verb landing? There is no problem with "gently landing" itself. As you rightly say, "gently" is an adverb qualifying "landing". The issue is whether, in the sentence you wrote, the...

There is no consensus on how to handle numerals. They are like determiners and like nouns. Some grammarians just use "numeral" as another part of speech, like "noun" or "verb". I offer this analysis, but there are surely others. fifty is a noun acting as a...

<<You can't have an adverb between a determiner and its noun. >> Is there no even remotely possible chance of that? Sorry, Jim. I do agree with what you wrote, and I suppose my comment above could use a couple of commas. (I'm also testing to see whether my posts...

No! Can't do it! no is a determiner. a is a determiner. You can't have more than one determiner before a noun. Never. *no even a desk *a the desk *a no desk *the my desk *my no desk Besides that, even doesn't go with no . You can't have an adverb between a determiner and its...

You could try color-coding your answers this way, for example: (1) the verbs ; (2) the nouns ; (3) the adjectives ; (4) the adverbs ; (5) the prepositions ; and (6) the conjunctions The usage of the word 'the' in your sentences would normally be referred to as definite article or determiner .

The only thing that can come after a preposition to form a prepositional phrase is a noun phrase, usually a noun accompanied by its preceding determiner and perhaps an adjective. A relative clause may be added. The noun itself may be a gerund. If the element after the candidate for a...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these words kilometer centimeter Are those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ? After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following setence by using the...