Hela Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
adjective phrases
Dear teachers,
Would you please tell me if the following phrases are adjectival or nominal ?
1) A beautiful young girl won the race.
2) The French boy will leave in June.
3) The very little boy broke his leg.
4) The old building opposite our school is being pulled down.
5) Someone remarkable saved her uncle’s life.
How do you differenciate a nominal phrase from an adjectival one?
Thanks a lot,
Hela
Would you please tell me if the following phrases are adjectival or nominal ?
1) A beautiful young girl won the race.
2) The French boy will leave in June.
3) The very little boy broke his leg.
4) The old building opposite our school is being pulled down.
5) Someone remarkable saved her uncle’s life.
How do you differenciate a nominal phrase from an adjectival one?
Thanks a lot,
Hela
Top answer
Hello Hela I'll parse your sentences as follows. The parenthesis […] means the entity is a noun phrase. And the underlined part is an adjective phrase.
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Hello Hela
I'll parse your sentences as follows.
The parenthesis […] means the entity is a noun phrase. And the underlined part is an adjective phrase. Please understand sometimes a noun phrase includes an adjective and sometimes an adjective phrase includes a noun phrase.
1) A beautiful young girl won the race.
I'll parse your sentences as follows.
The parenthesis […] means the entity is a noun phrase. And the underlined part is an adjective phrase. Please understand sometimes a noun phrase includes an adjective and sometimes an adjective phrase includes a noun phrase.
1) A beautiful young girl won the race.
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Hello,
Someone remarkable saved her uncle's life. Is it a correct sentence?
Should it be "Someone remarkably saved her uncle's life"?.
Someone remarkable saved her uncle's life. Is it a correct sentence?
Should it be "Someone remarkably saved her uncle's life"?.
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"someone remarkable" is correct. It means "someone who is a remarkable person".
CJ
CJ
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I would not have included determiners in the AdjP's. Is that usual?
CJ
CJ
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Hello CJ
paco
CalifJimI would not have included determiners in the AdjP's. Is that usual?I just followed the rules described in [url=http://www.grammarstation.com/servlet/GGuide?type=ADJLI] Grammar Guide[/url].
paco
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Interesting. Radford (Transformational Grammar) never includes the determiner within the AdjP.
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Dear Paco and Jim,
But could a subject have the form of an adjectival phrase or is it always a nominal ?
Thanks in advance,
Hela
But could a subject have the form of an adjectival phrase or is it always a nominal ?
Thanks in advance,
Hela
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Hello Hela
A subject should be a nominal phrase, though it contain some adjective phrases that modify the core noun.
paco
A subject should be a nominal phrase, though it contain some adjective phrases that modify the core noun.
paco
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