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** [https://www.chompchomp.com/terms/phrase.htm The Phrase (chompchomp.com)]  
** [https://www.chompchomp.com/terms/phrase.htm The Phrase (chompchomp.com)]  
** [https://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/english-phrases.html English Phrases: Everything You Need to Know (english-grammar-revolution.com)]
** [https://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/english-phrases.html English Phrases: Everything You Need to Know (english-grammar-revolution.com)]
=== absolute phrase ===
* modifies the main clause of a sentence
** and not just a single word
* contains a noun and an adjective
** the adjective can be a prepositional phrase or a past or present participle adjective
* absolute phrases add non-essential information to a sentence


=== adjective phrase ===
=== adjective phrase ===
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=== adverb or adverbial phrase ===
=== adverb or adverbial phrase ===
>> to do
=== appositive phrase ===
>> to do


=== complement or requisite phrase ===
=== complement or requisite phrase ===
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*** "wait" can be a noun, but here it is acting as an infinitive verb (the action "to wait")
*** "wait" can be a noun, but here it is acting as an infinitive verb (the action "to wait")
* see: [https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/gerunds_participles_and_infinitives/infinitives.html Infinitives (owl.purdue.edu)]
* see: [https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/gerunds_participles_and_infinitives/infinitives.html Infinitives (owl.purdue.edu)]
=== introductory phrase ===
* introduces a main clause
* generally followed by a comma to separate it from the main clause
* types of introductory phrases
** absolute phrase (''Tools in hand'', I went to work without reading the manual)
** appositive phrase (''Quite useful'', the manual is a must-read)
** infinitive phrase (''To know how'', you need to read the manual'')''
** participial phrase (''Not knowing how'', I had to read the manual)
** prepositional phrase (''Inside the box'', you will find the manual)
=== noun phrase ===
=== noun phrase ===
* two or more words that together act as a noun
* two or more words that together act as a noun