Usually, we are told that the modifying phrase, be it adjective or adverb, applies to the noun or verb phrase it is closest to in the sentence. It's pretty obvious how this could create confusion in readers and ESL's. Did I borrow the

I don't think so. "as a unit" is a prepositional phrase, and answers the question "how"? It is adverbial, as is "syntactically", modifying "define". It ( subject) is (main verb) predicate: useful

I meant does a complementizer always begin a noun clause, not a noun phrase ?? Ah! Well, that's a different question, of course. Yes and no. Sometimes, as I think you know, the complementizer is omitted, so the theorists say it's the

Are phrases words that are additional parts to a sentence (namely advectives or nouns) which are not constituents of the actual clause No. Clauses are made up of phrases. The phrases of the clause are the constituents of the clause. Clauses

a.Noun. b.Relative pronoun c.Article d.Regular adjective e.Pronominal adjective f.Regular adverb g.Preposition – single word h.Preposition – group of words I.Conjunction – single-word co-ordinate j.Conjunction - subordinate k.Verbal - gerund

I'm taking a correspondence course. These are some of the exercises that I need to submit. So please I need help from grammar exerperts thanks. Question 2 : In the following paragraphs, find one example of each of the parts of the sentence

I wouldn't know how to give a detailed explanation or description of all three types of clause in one post, so let's go step by step. Let's start with adjectival (or relative) clauses, since these are the easiest to identify. They can function