Thursday, August 9, 2007

Noun Phrase

Noun Phrase is a phrase which has a noun as a head (core) word with one or more modifiers. In English noun phrase, modifiers can come before or after the head word. Modifiers which come before the head word are called pre modifiers, while those which come after the head word are called post modifiers. The examples of noun phrases are as follows:

1. a book
2. a good book
3. a good book on the table
4. the woman
5. the young woman
6. the young beautiful woman
7. the young beautiful Javanese woman
8. the young beautiful Javanese woman living near my house

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