Enlglish Chapter18 / Phrases and Clauses
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- Prepositional phrase
- this may serve as the subject of the sentence, the direct object, the complement, the object of a preposition, or an appositive
- Participial phrase
- this is introduced by a participle
- Gerund phrase
- contains a gerund and its complements and modifiers
- phrase
- a group of related words used as a single part of speech
- clause
- part of a sentence containing a subject and a predicate
- Infinitive phrase
- consists of a infinative and its complements and modifiers
- Subordinate clause
- does not express acomplete thought and cannot stand alone
- Adjective phrase
- modifies nouns or pronouns
- Adverbial phrase
- modifies verbs, adverbs, adjectives, perticipals, gerunds, or infinitives
- Principal clause
- expresses a complete thought