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Immediate constituent analysis (ICA) is a theory of grammar that use sentences as made up of layers of constituents. Example: He put the book on the table. First two immediate constituents are (He = Noun phrase) and (put the book on the table = Verb Phrase)

CJ: In the "classical" grammar I learned soon after the emergence of modern English , "making workers feel undervalued" would be analyzed as a participial phrase. Most of the English grammar reference web sites I have used still keep to the "classical" grammar...

I feel ignorant... I don't know what a noun phrase is. Ok, wait, checking on Wikipedia in progress... found! --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_phrase If noun phrases are like those, then I don't think they are much of a problem. But it depends on what you really mean... because I...

<< It's somewhat unfortunate because it leaves students in ignorance of some powerful tecniques for explaining grammar. >> I see. So would you agree with Mr Pedantic when he says "noun phrases seem to feature regularly in the questions on ESL forums; and the more advanced...

For example, although it is true to say that the noun group is the structure we choose for the things we want to talk about , it is not the only one. Sometimes we want to talk about an event or an idea that is not easy to express in a noun group. Instead we can use a clause as the...

Hmm... this seems to be another case of varying terminology. I have no objection to calling a participle an adjective, I'm just not used to that. Nor am I used to many other grammatical terms used here, like "a noun phrase". Don't get me wrong! I certainly don't mean...

Actually, infinitives are used in AmE as subjects. The location geographically or historically has nothing to do with it. But infinitives (and their complement(s), if any), taken together, can make noun phrases. To be absolutely precise, it is a noun phrase (NP) that must be the subject of a...

We didn't refer to this words alone. It were noun phrases buit therewith that we called definite or indefinite. And since nouns can be (in)definte, that's all right.

I have recently found 'by using public transport' in the following sentence is closely connected with the prepositional phrase in LEO. Therefore, it should be a prepositional phrase that followed 'One way of lowering fuel consumption is'. One way of lowering fuel consumption is by...

Hello, I have recently found 'by using public transport' in the following sentence is closely connected with the prepositional phrase in LEO. Therefore, it should be a prepositional phrase that followed 'One way of lowering fuel consumption is'. One way of lowering fuel...