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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...

Anaylsis of the large structure: Independent clause #1 : I can not tell you that, mate, Conjunction joining two independent clauses: but Independent clause #2: what I can tell you is that it was one day before my birthday __ Anaylsis of Ind. Clause #2: Subject: what I can tell you Verb:...

Thanks, CJ. I don't know why I thought it was so mysterious. I guess I could think of it as analogous to a participial phrase being so-named because it starts with a participle, but at the same time being an adjectival phrase because it functions as an adjective in modifying a noun. - A.

The noun phrase in question is: that reactions can happen slower at lower temperatures Informally stated, anything that occurs in its context the way a noun might occur is a noun phrase. All subjects and objects are noun phrases, even if they are lengthy groups of words. The person whom I saw...

<<However, they do not have to "cry" if they know the short science lesson, that reactions happen slower at lower temperatures.>> Hi CJ I need to understand "noun phrase." How much of the above captioned are you saying is considered a noun phrase? - A. Edit. After...

A determiner goes with the following noun. What is the noun following that ? reactions . A plural noun. The determiners that and this are singular; they go only with singular nouns. these and those are plural. They go with plural nouns. So, does that go with reactions ? No. that is...

I'm not really into the "determiner" definition, but my ear tells me that "which" in this case would be a relative pronoun, and would make no sense here, since the clause already has a subject, "reactions." "That" works fine, so I guess it must be a...

Hello, What follows is an inquiry posted on a Taiwanese-BBS board. -- However, they do not have to "cry" if they know the short science lesson, __ reactions happen slower at lower temperatures. -- The given answer for that blank is "that." S/he is wondering why...

Teo wrote: The following is quoted from A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, page 1251. When the antecedent is modified by a superlative or by one of the post-determiners first, last, next, only , the relative pronoun as subject is usually that , and as object, that or zero...

I also feel that the only person who seems more common than the only person that; however, can anyone tell me why the following quotations are just the opposite? The following is quoted from A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, page 1251. When the antecedent is modified by a...