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in the sentence "her younger brother hates tomatoes" what is the head of the first noun phrase??
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Re: noun phrases
Please be patient and try not to double post - someone always answers, but we are volunteers and have other things to do.
The answer to this question is no - that is the verb. There is no post-modifier in your sentence.
If the sentence had read "Her younger brother who is six hates tomatoes", "who is six" is a post-modifier. It is a phase following the subject noun, and modifying the noun.
Please be patient and try not to double post - someone always answers, but we are volunteers and have other things to do.
The answer to this question is no - that is the verb. There is no post-modifier in your sentence.
If the sentence had read "Her younger brother who is six hates tomatoes", "who is six" is a post-modifier. It is a phase following the subject noun, and modifying the noun.
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