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    Noun phrases and noun clauses both function as nouns in sentences. A noun phrase contains a noun and modifiers, while a noun clause contains a subject, verb, and other elements. Noun phrases can be used as subjects, objects, objects of prepositions, and complements. Noun clauses also function as subjects, objects, objects of prepositions, and complements, but contain a subordinating conjunction and full subject-verb structure. Examples are provided to illustrate the differences between noun phrases and noun clauses.

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    Noun phrases and noun clauses both function as nouns in sentences. A noun phrase contains a noun and modifiers, while a noun clause contains a subject, verb, and other elements. Noun phrases can be used as subjects, objects, objects of prepositions, and complements. Noun clauses also function as subjects, objects, objects of prepositions, and complements, but contain a subordinating conjunction and full subject-verb structure. Examples are provided to illustrate the differences between noun phrases and noun clauses.

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    Noun phrases and noun clauses both function as nouns in sentences. A noun phrase contains a noun and modifiers, while a noun clause contains a subject, verb, and other elements. Noun phrases can be used as subjects, objects, objects of prepositions, and complements. Noun clauses also function as subjects, objects, objects of prepositions, and complements, but contain a subordinating conjunction and full subject-verb structure. Examples are provided to illustrate the differences between noun phrases and noun clauses.

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    Noun phrases and noun clauses both function as nouns in sentences. A noun phrase contains a noun and modifiers, while a noun clause contains a subject, verb, and other elements. Noun phrases can be used as subjects, objects, objects of prepositions, and complements. Noun clauses also function as subjects, objects, objects of prepositions, and complements, but contain a subordinating conjunction and full subject-verb structure. Examples are provided to illustrate the differences between noun phrases and noun clauses.

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    Noun Phrases and Noun Clauses


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    1.Noun Phrases
    A noun phrase is a group of words that has a noun and one or
    more modifiers in it.

    • A smart man
    • The last match
    • That happy puppy
    • The shoes with ruby jewels
    • The little boy
    • Dancing in the rain
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    Possible structures of noun phrase


    1. Pre-modifier +noun
    2. Noun +post-modifier
    3. Pre-modifier + noun+ Post-modifier
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    Three things in pre-modifiers:
    1. Determiners
    • Articles: a, an, the
    I don’t have an apple.

    • Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, their


    I love your dog

    • Demonstrative adjectives: this, that, those, these


    They are planning to cut that tree.

    • Distributive adjectives: each, every, either, neither


    Every team played well.

    • Quantifiers: Some, many, a lot of, several


    I have a few friends to meet.
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    2. Numbers
    Ex. This is my first trip to China.
    3. Adjectives
    Ex. It is a big hotel.

    Point to remember
    We can’t use two or more types of determinants in a noun phrase.
    Ex. A this car A= article, this= Demonstrative adjective
    My this car My= possessive adjective, this= demonstrative
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    Post-modifiers
    Post-modifiers are words that come after a noun and give information
    about it.
    1. Prepositional phrase
    Ex. The guy in the blue shirt is my is my neighbour.
    2. Present participle phrase
    Ex. The man talking to your sister is a professional dancer.
    3. Past participle phrase
    Ex. The man taken to the police station is a terrorist.
    5. Infinitives
    I wish I had someone to stand by me.
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    Noun Clauses
    Clause: Subject and Verb in a sentence
    Noun clause: It is a dependent clause that starts with a subordinating
    conjunction functions as a noun in a sentence.

    Subordinating Conjunction: That, how, why, whoever, whether, when,


    which, where, etc.

    Ex. What megan wrote surprised her family.

    Noun
    Clause
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    Noun phrases vs noun clauses Functions


    1. As a subject
    Noun phrase
    • Some people deserve more than what they get.
    • The strength of a nation is its people.

    Noun Clause
    • What you are doing is very dangerous.
    • How you read my mind is mind-blowing.
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    2. As the object
    Noun phrase
    • I need some people.
    • I love my teachers.

    Noun clause
    • I hate what you are doing.
    • Nobody understands how you read my mind.
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    3. As the object of a preposition


    Noun phrase
    • I don’t believe in this company.
    You can’t talk bad about my parents.

    Noun clause
    • Nobody cares about what you are doing.
    • I don’t believe in what I haven’t experienced.
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    4. As the subject complement


    Noun phrase
    • You are my love.
    • My dog is my best friend.

    Noun clause
    • Happiness is what’s inside the bag.
    • His problem was that he didn’t listen to anyone.
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    5. As the object complement


    Noun phrase
    • We can’t make him the leader of the group.
    • She name her dog the cute devil.

    Noun clause
    • You can call me whatever you want.
    • They made me what I wanted to be.
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    Noun clause vs noun phrase


    Noun Phrase Noun clause
    It doesn’t have a subject-verb combination It does have a subject-verb combination
    It works as a noun It works as a noun
    It comprises of a noun and some modifiers It comprises of a subordinating conjunction, a subject, a
    verb, and objects and modifiers
    Functions: subject, object, object of preposition, subject Functions: subject, object, object of preposition, subject
    complement, object complement complement,
    Ex. My green gym socks are in the hamper. Ex. What you are eating looks delicious.

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