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Practical English Grammar


introducing phrases


A phrase is a related group of words that functions as a part of speech and
does not contain both a subject and a verb. ➲ Verb phrases do not contain a subject. Examples of verb phrases
include has been laughing, will remain, and does believe.

Prepositional phrases, such as the adjective phrase and the adverb
phrase, do not have a subject or a verb. Examples of prepositional
phrases are in the beginning, at the end, and after the trial.

Participial phrases function as adjectives. In the sentence, ‘‘Walking
home after the movie, Joe felt happy,’’ the participial phrase is
Walking home after the movie, and the participle is Walking.

Gerund phrases function as nouns. Gerund phrases can be used as
subjects, predicate nominatives, direct objects, indirect objects, and
objects of the preposition. In the sentence, ‘‘Walking home from the
movies was a good time for Joe and his friends,’’ the gerund phrase used
as a subject is Walking home from the movies.

Infinitive phrases function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. In the
sentence, ‘‘To beat the old record was Nina’s goal,’’ the infinitive phrase
is To beat the old record, and the infinitive is To beat.

Appositive phrases describe or identify another noun or pronoun
in the sentence. In the sentence, ‘‘Lake Harris, our favorite vacation
spot, is off the beaten path,’’ the appositive is spot, and the appositive
phrase is our favorite vacation spot.

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Notes


Practical English Grammar - Notes
1. compound subjects part two
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2. Quotation Marks Part Three
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3. Italics Hyphens and Brackets
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4. complete and simple subjects
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5. Sound a like words Part Four
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6. the adjective clause
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7. the indirect object
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8. irregular verbs part two
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9. Commas Part Two
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10. Commas Part Four
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11. compound subjects part one
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12. what good writers do
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13. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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14. the noun adjective pronoun question
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15. The nominative case
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16. The Colon
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17. subject verb agreement situations
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18. the interjection
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19. the object of the preposition
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20. types of nouns
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21. reflexive demonstrative and interrogative pronouns
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22. the adverb
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23. Active and passive voices
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24. Sound a like words Part Two
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25. Commas Part Three
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26. The Apostrophe
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27. Quotation Marks Part Two
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28. First Capitalization List
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29. Second Capitalization List
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30. subject and verb agreement
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31. the correlative conjunction
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32. the subordinating conjunction
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33. the prepositional phrase
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34. the adjective phrase
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35. the noun clause
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36. Confusing usage words part one
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37. Confusing usage words part two
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38. Confusing usage words part five
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39. Quotation Marks Part One
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40. indefinite pronouns
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41. complex sentences
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42. pronouns and their antecedents
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43. the preposition
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44. complete and simple predicates
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45. introducing phrases
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46. the verb phrase
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47. the pronoun
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48. the adverb phrase
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49. the appositive
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50. the participle and participial phrase
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