Rabu, 15 Februari 2012

NOUN PHRASES

noun phrases itu apaan? ada yang tahu?
daripada ngga tahu sedikitpun dan jadi orang yang ngane-ngane atau dungu-dungu (hahaha), mendingan kita coba pelajari dulu :)


Noun is a word that names a person, animal, place, thing, idea, or concept, or anything considered as noun.
Remember that...
There are more nouns in the English Language than any other kind of words.


see the Noun examples
• Persons: girl, boy, instructor, student, Mr. Smith, Peter, president
• Animals: dog, cat, shark, hamster, fish, bear, flea
• Places: gym, store, school, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, village, Europe
• Things: computer, pen, notebook, mailbox, bush, tree, cornflakes
• Ideas: liberty, panic, attention, knowledge, compassion, worship


The Functions of Nouns in Sentences
1.Subject of the sentence
2.Predicate Noun (also Predicate Nominative or Subjective Complement)
3. Appositive (noun in apposition)
4. Direct object of a verb
5. Indirect object of a verb
6. Object of the preposition
7. Object Complement (Objective Complement)

Gerunds can also be classified as noun
For example:
I like swimming
The word ‘swimming’ is a gerund

PHRASES
• A phrase is a group of related words that lacks both a subject and a predicate. Because it lacks a subject and a predicate it cannot act as a sentence.

• A noun phrase consists of a pronoun or noun with any associated modifiers, including adjectives, adjective phrases, and other nouns in the possessive case.
• Like a noun, a noun phrase can act as a subject, as the object of a verb or verbal, as a subject or object complement, or as the object of a preposition, as in the following ... 

examples:
• subject
Small children often insist that they can do it by themselves. 

More examples:
• object of a verb
They have found Eugene's goal.
• object of a preposition
The arctic explorers were caught unawares by the spring break up.
• subject complement
Frankenstein is the name of the scientist not the monster.
• object complement
I consider Loki my favourite dog. 


example :
Tata : do you like bicycles ?
Ipank : yes, I like them.
Tata : do you like the bicycles over there ?
Ipank : yes, they are nice.
Tata : do you like the bicycle I bought last week ?
Ipank : yes, I like it. (note : 'it' refers to 'the bicycle', not 'bicycle')

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