Fine Tune Your English
Chapter 2 - Phrases; what are they?
What is a phrase?
- A phrase is a group of words that is meaningful but lacking a finite verb, though there may be verbal elements like the participles .
- It is not complete like a sentence .
- It does not have a Subject and predicate of its own.
- It can function like a noun or an adjective or like an adverb.
Characteristic Features of Phrases
- phrases are more compact than clauses.
- It does not have a finite verb; some are totally verbless.
- If you use in the place of a clause, it will become more compact and due to this many good writers prefer Phrasal Constructions.
Disadvantage of using Non -Finite Phrases
Non finite phrases have some deficiencies; the use of a phrase in the place of a clause can sometimes lead to Ambiguity
Different types of phrases
1 Noun phrase
A Noun Phrase is a word or group of words containing a noun or indefinite pronoun as the head word or subject of a sentence and object
2. Adverb phrase
An adverb phrase is simply two or more words that act as an adverb. It can modify a verb, adverb or adjective and can tell why how where when an action occurred
. ex. Meet me at the mall
They must return before dusk.
3 . Adjective phrase
It is a group of words that describe a noun or pronoun in a sentence . The adjective in an adjective phrase can appear at the beginning, end or middle of a phrase. The adjective phrase can be placed before or after the noun or pronoun in a sentence
ex. The ride was too terrible
Everyone was extremely sad
Expected questions.
1. what is a phrase?
2. what is a noun phrase?
3.what is an adverb phrase?.
Reference
1. Joseph, Mathew. Fine tune your English. Orient Black Swan pvt.ltd, 2010. print.
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