English Noun 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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