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== Phrase == | == Phrase == | ||
* | * = a sentence part that contains either a noun or a verb ''but not both'' | ||
* | * phrases are used to add information to a sentence or modify one of its parts | ||
** "In the afternoon..." = a prepositional phrase | |||
* types of phrases: | |||
=== gerund phrases === | |||
* gerunds | |||
* -ing forms of verbs that act as a noun | |||
* gerund phase is a gerund + other word/s that describes the state of something | |||
** ex.: "Running with the ball, he scored!" | |||
=== participial phrase === | |||
* = verb phrases that act as an adjective | |||
* participle = a verb that functions as an adjective, usually in the past tense or -ing form | |||
** "participle" = a verb or verb phrase, but used here to describe a phrase that starts with a "participle" (verb) but that sets up a phrase to act as a noun or adjective | |||
* as an adjective: | |||
** ex.: "Songs sung softly are soothing" | |||
*** "sung" = a verb but used here with "softly" to describe "songs" | |||
*** thus "sung softly" = an adjective | |||
**** but one that uses a verb (sung), thus making it a "participial phrase" | |||
* note: participial phrases are often the source of "dangling modifiers", which are adjectives or adjective phrases that are not clear as to what they are modifying | |||
** ex.: "Singing softly she won the choral competition" | |||
*** = unclear if she won the competition becuase she was "singing softly," or she was "singing softly" when she won the tournament | |||
* see [[https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/dangling_modifiers_and_how_to_correct_them.htm dangling modifiers (owl.purdue.edu)]] | |||
=== prepositional phrase === | |||
* built around a preposition, which indicates time, place, or other relationship to the main clause or a noun | |||
=== verb phrase === | |||
* = an additional verb that helps to modify or clarify another verb | |||
* think of "verb phrases" as a combination of verbs that act as a single verb | |||
** verb phrases are combinations of verbs to make a single verb phrase or [[predicate]] (a verb or words that together act as a verb) | |||
* sometimes also called "helping verb" = verbs that "help" other verbs | |||
** ex.: "She could have broken the vase." | |||
*** "could have" = "helping verbs" that define the verb "broken" | |||
*** "helping verbs' include: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
Helping verb !! example | |||
|- | |||
| be, am, is are, was|| am eating | |||
|- | |||
| were, been, being have, has, had|| have eaten | |||
|- | |||
| must, shall, can, will,. do, did, does, having|| can sing | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
** note that these "helping verbs" are different from conjugations such as "had sung" or "will sing" | |||
=== phrase === | |||
=== phrase === | |||
== Sentence placement == | == Sentence placement == | ||