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Why is "second" an adverb in "came a close second"?
Consider the following example sentence excerpted from Oxford Learner's Dictionaries:
One of the smaller parties came a close second (= nearly won).
Much to my surprise, the example sentence is ...
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"Being in advantage", as used in the video gaming world of fighting games
In fighting games such as Street Fighter, it is common to say that you're "in advantage" to say that you're "in an advantageous state" as opposed to your opponent.
Is it ...
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Is there premodification in this noun phrase "too many victims"
I have to analyze the noun phrase "too many victims" but I somehow can't figure out whether "too many" is a determiner or premodification. Given the fact too is an adverb and many ...
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Is it a noun clause or phrase when the nominal entity is modified by a determiner?
From my textbook, A noun phrase is headed by a noun. Modifiers include articles, adjectives and demonstratives. Qualifiers include prepositional phrases and relative/adjectival clauses.
Given the ...
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Is [the act of something] considered a verb or a noun?
For example, take "Teaching people can be difficult"
Is "teaching people" (the act of teaching people) a noun phrase and "be difficult" the verb phrase, as in being ...
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Is it correct to say "it accounts the" in place of "taking into consideration"? [closed]
Example:
It accounts the total size of data...
It accounts the total time required to complete job X...
In place of:
taking into consideration the total size of data...
taking into consideration ...
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Noun phrase: test status and tests status valid? [duplicate]
I am wondering if I can use “test status” phrase for a status of one test, and if I can use “tests status” as status of three tests? Also what is the linguistic rule behind it and/or have you seen ...
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Why are 'at least' and 'a lot' not single words?
I constantly have trouble with spelling the word-phrases ‘at least’ and ‘a lot’ .. they both should be a single word in my mind, which isn’t correct.
They both seem to just be a single unit of meaning....
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The British writer or British writer
I know this sounds dumb but I have just come across this sentence:
The book was Jude the Obscure, a novel by the British writer Thomas Hardy.
So the phrase "British writer" is preceded by ...
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Adjective noun phrase [closed]
We have accepted adjective-noun phrases in English, such as "small talk" and "big business." I ran across this sentence in a local paper last week:
Johnson said,"There's a ...
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Infinitive Phrase or Verb Constituent
I refer to Doing Grammar by Max Morenberg as my default grammar reference.
Morenberg makes a distinction between infinitive phrases, which function as Noun Subjects & Objects (SC, NDO, etc), and ...
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Are the maximal noun phrases found by this code incorrect?
I was reading the accepted answer
to this question on natural language processing
In there an english sentence is given:
"Natural language processing (NLP) is a field of computer science, ...
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Need clarification on noun phrases
I am currently trying to understand noun phrases and I have a question.
From my understanding a noun phrases is created with a modifier when you modify a head noun.
For example « Travel along the ...
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Word or phrase for knowingly engaging in bad behavior
I want to specifically talk about behavior that doesn’t affect other people like a bad diet or gambling. Also it doesn’t necessarily have to influence a person’s life so badly, it could be something ...
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When a noun phrase can act as the post-modifier?
According to Oxford Learner's Grammar by John Eastwood [ISBN:0-19-437-597-8], page 187; it is possible for a noun phrase to act as a postmodifier of the head noun.
Example:
The weather that day was ...
