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2. Syntactic category - Wikipedia

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   Adjective phrase (AP), adverb phrase (AdvP), adposition phrase (PP), noun phrase (NP), verb phrase (VP), etc. In terms of phrase structure rules , phrasal categories can occur to the left of the arrow while lexical categories cannot, e.g. NP → D N. Traditionally, a phrasal category should consist of two or more words, although conventions ...

3. English grammar - Wikipedia

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   They typically modify verbs (or verb phrases), adjectives (or adjectival phrases), or other adverbs (or adverbial phrases). [27] However, adverbs also sometimes qualify noun phrases ( only the boss ; quite a lovely place ), pronouns and determiners ( almost all ), prepositional phrases ( halfway through the movie ), or whole sentences, to ...

4. Part of speech - Wikipedia

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   a modifier of a noun or pronoun (big, brave). Adjectives make the meaning of another word (noun) more precise. Verb (states action or being) a word denoting an action (walk), occurrence (happen), or state of being (be). Without a verb, a group of words cannot be a clause or sentence. Adverb (describes, limits) a modifier of an adjective, verb ...

5. English prepositions - Wikipedia

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   Though the prototypical prepositional phrase consists of a noun phrase complement following a preposition, prepositions can take a wider variety of complements than just noun phrases. [ 14 ] : 603–606 English prepositions can also take clauses , adjective phrases , adverb phrases , and other prepositional phrases as complements, though they ...

6. English pronouns - Wikipedia

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   Dependents in noun phrases headed by pronouns Common noun Pronoun Determinative the book: the you you want to be *the you [a] Relative clause books you have: the you you want to be *you you want to be. Preposition phrase modifier books from home *it from home: Adjective phrase modifier new books: a new you *new them. Nominal modifier school books

7. Postpositive adjective - Wikipedia

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   With a noun followed by a prepositional phrase: mother-in-law, etc.; editor-in-chief, right of way, president pro tempore (where pro tempore is a Latin prepositional phrase), fish filet deluxe (where de luxe is a French prepositional phrase) With an infinitive verb or a verb phrase: father-to-be, bride-to-be, etc.; Johnny-come-lately

8. English nouns - Wikipedia

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   Nouns typically take prepositional phrases and clauses as complements while verbs typically take noun phrases and clauses as complements. The typical pre-head modifiers of nouns are adjective phrases, but the typical pre-head modifiers of verbs are adverb phrases.

9. Phrase structure rules - Wikipedia

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   The first rule reads: A S consists of a NP (noun phrase) followed by a VP (verb phrase). The second rule reads: A noun phrase consists of an optional Det followed by a N (noun). The third rule means that a N (noun) can be preceded by an optional AP (adjective phrase) and followed by an optional PP (prepositional phrase). The round brackets ...