Friday, 8 April 2016

NOUN PHRASE AFTER A NOUN OR PRONOUN (POST - MODIFICATION)

1 An adverb or adjective:
    * the route home , something strange , a court martial , people mad about football , a man capable        of murder  the way in
2   a participle  or participial  phrase:
     * the people dancing , those invited , the lady sitting on your left ,the rubbish strewn over the    ground
3   a prepositional phrase :
   * the things in this drawer , a present for my aunt , a box of books , the city of London , no place like home, plays of Shakespeare , the making of the Roman Empire , the matter of pay ,
NOTICE ALSO that  more complex constructions can be added as modification after a noun or pronoun , for example :
* a to- infinitive : the need to hurry ,time to relax , nobody to talk to ,a mat to stand on
* a clause: the reason why we failed , a theory that gets support nowadays , the discovery that the earth goes round the sun
* construction with as : birds such as macaws , cuisine as varied as Singapore
 NOUN PHRASES THAT EXPLAIN :APPOSITION
For example : my sister jill ,her dog Jupiter ,his partner Vicky , the composer Bach
 Noun phrase added with a comma: our new car, Honda



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