Remember that noun is a category label for an individual word
So for a phrase like "Coney Island" are both nouns or is Coney-adj and Island-noun?
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- Apr 2022
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different nouns have different restrictions on what determiners they can take and on whether or not they can be made plural.
for example: since proper nouns refer to more than one person place thing or idea, the determiner you most likely will see it paired with it are numerals or quantifiers
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A proper noun is a type of noun that refers to a specific person, place, or thing
Harlem, Mediterranean and French are examples of proper nouns.
While Town, Food and Language are examples of common nouns.
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Like prepositional phrases, adjective phrases generally occur as modifiers to noun phrases, but in contrast to prepositional phrases, which follow the head noun they modify, adjective phrases precede the head noun
since adjectives describe nouns , it is introduced before a noun and after a determiner or main verb
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- Mar 2022
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the direct object is a grammatical function rather than a form.
so basically what you're doing with the part of speech rather than what the part of speech is?
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every sentence has a predicate, and every predicate is a verb phrase
so in comparison to nouns are verbs actually the most important part of speech in a clause?
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A phrase consists of a single main word, called the head of the phrase
so would each part of speech be the head? why are there multiple heads in a sentence?
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As a result, learning how to analyze it can be challenging because to understand one part you often need to know about something else.
this is true in the case of prepositions, adverbs and auxiliary verbs. you have to have an understanding of nouns, verbs, adjectives and the other parts of speech to properly dissect a text
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The term part of speech simply means “a word category.” In other words, it reflects the important observation that words can be grouped into categories because they behave similarly.
This is something that we understand through adapting language subconsciously. Knowing parts of speech will bring you closer to understanding the standard of a language and applying it to written work.
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But what do we do with abstract nouns like love or destruction.
in her book ‘all about love’ bell hooks uses the word love in different parts of speech. you have to use your knowledge of subject and predicate to determine in which way she manipulates the parts of speech. a simple read but the syntax in the reading is where the complexity is added and through understanding that you will full comprehend the text.
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- Feb 2022
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How does a language that takes time to be develop and established, go extinct? If the standard of language is heavily influenced by people in positions of power, does politics have the power to erase a language due to their direct influence on the general population?
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