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单词 noun phrase
例句 noun phrase
Like is a preposition, said the accusers, and may take only a noun phrase object, as in crazy like a fox or like a bat out of hell. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
It was just a failure of the traditional grammarians to distinguish categories from functions that blinded them to the realization that a preposition could take a clause, not just a noun phrase, as its object. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
To start with, the fact that like is a preposition, which typically takes a noun phrase complement, does not mean that it may not take a clausal complement as well. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
Presumably Bill Clinton, who uttered the first sentence while running for president in 1992, would never have said Give I a chance, because a noun phrase next to a transitive verb is obviously accusative. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
Now that they are on stage, he switches to a definite noun phrase: the herons head. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
But Toni Morrison’s is not an adjective, like red or beautiful; it’s a noun phrase in genitive case. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
The noun phrase containing view is the subject of the third is-phrase, is not based on a lack of understanding. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
But to encourage the reader to parse it as a noun phrase, he should have set up a context in which the reader indeed expects to see a noun phrase. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
When she reads the word the, for example, she figures she must be hearing a noun phrase. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
He introduces them with an indefinite noun phrase: Great Blue Herons live. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
For his part, Pinker shows that the problem evaporates when you understand that “like” may take a clause as well as a noun phrase as its complement. Can something be totally unique? Steven Pinker’s new book says yes.
It’s because “to greenlight” was formed anew from a noun phrase, “a green light”. Hidden in plain sight 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z
In the second sentence, the writer simply adds a noun phrase to explain, and readers will appreciate the clarification. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z
Why does such an unremarkable noun phrase rankle so badly? The three words that Donald Trump rarely utters 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z
"Like" is a preposition, said the accusers, and may take only a noun phrase object, as in "crazy like a fox" or "like a bat out of hell". Steven Pinker: 10 'grammar rules' it's OK to break (sometimes) 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z
Problem: “A feeling of accomplishment” is a noun phrase followed by a linking verb. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z
Every day is a noun phrase meaning “every day.” Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z
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