English Noun Phrases
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English
grammar phrases.
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What is a noun phrase?
A
noun phrase
is a word or group of words in a sentence that
acts like a noun.
For example:
You could say, "I met
Joan."
In this sentence the word
Joan
is a
noun.
You could replace
Joan
with a group of words (a phrase) and say, "I met
your
sister."
Your sister
is a phrase (a group of words without a
finite verb),
and it
functions as a noun in the sentence.
So we call it a
noun
phrase.
Additional noun phrases examples (the noun phrase is in bold):
- All
the kids were sleeping.
- The
boy in the blue jeans says he'll do it.
- He bought her a beautiful red dress.
- Mom baked tasty
chocolate cookies.
- Julia was thinking about her friends back home.
- Will you talk with these rude people?
- You are a
true hero.
- My dog is my
best friend.
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