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Old 19-Jan-2007, 07:47
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Question Noun or Verb Phrase

If a teacher requests a brief noun or verb phrase, is this example phrase wrong?
"Yelling scares many children."
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Old 19-Jan-2007, 09:32
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Let's parse it.

yelling (gerund)
scares (verb)
many (adjective)
children (noun)

yelling (subject)
scares (verb)
many children (object)

yelling (noun phrase)
scares (verb phrase)
many children (noun phrase)

Hope that helps.
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Old 19-Jan-2007, 09:33
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