Solving An Exercise About Noun Phrase?

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Correct me if I am wrong:

1- I expect our team to win.

2- Do you know his age?

3- Your coming poses a problem for us.

4- His parents hoped for his success.

5- She would not admit her guilt.

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Those are good, natural, grammatically-correct sentences.

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Ctudy

Correct me if I am wrong:

1- I expect our team to win.

2- Do you know his age?

3- Your coming poses a problem for us.

4- His parents hoped for his success.

5- She would not admit her guilt.

You missed a few NPs.

CJ

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Ctudy

Correct me if I am wrong:

1- I expect our team to win.

2- Do you know his age?

3- Your coming poses a problem for us.

4- His parents hoped for his success.

5- She would not admit her guilt.

I would say that in 3 "coming" is strictly speaking ambiguous between a verb and a noun, but verb preferred, thus "your coming" is not an NP but a clause.

Noun interpretation can be forced by adjectival premododification, as in "your occasional coming".

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