NOUN PHRASE

PHRASE is a group of words that do not consists of subject and predicate which are meaningless.

NOUN PHRASE is a phrase that function as a noun

Noun phrases normally consist of a head noun, which is optionally modified ("premodified" if the modifier appears before the noun; "post modified" if the modifier follows the noun). Possible modifiers include:

·         determiners: articles (the, a), demonstratives (this, that), numerals (two, five, etc.), possessives (my, their, etc.), and quantifiers (some, many, etc.). In English, determiners are usually placed before the noun;

·         adjectives (the red ball); or

·         complements, in the form of a prepositional phrase (such as: the student of physics), or a That-clause (the claim that the earth is round);

·         modifiers; pre-modifiers if before the noun and usually either as nouns (the university student) or adjectives (the beautiful lady), or post-modifiers if after the noun. A post modifier may be either a prepositional phrase (the man with long hair) or a relative clause (the house where I live). The difference between modifiers and complements is that complements complete the meaning of the noun; complements are necessary, whereas modifiers are optional because they add information about the noun.

Example:

1.         The blonde girl shouts

2.         She kissed the man

3.         An old woman beside my mother is Marry