Question

____are a group of words that work together to communicate an
element of speech. ​

Answer 1

Phrases are the group of words which work together to communicate an element of speech.

• A phrase does not include the subjective verb pairing which is necessary to make a clause.
• A phrase is always more than one word and they can be both long or short.
• For example:  Phrase "before the meal" is a prepositional phrase and the phrase I'm waiting for the book is a verb phrase.

Answer 2

'Phrases' are a group of words that work together to communicate an  element of speech. ​Explanation:

• As per the question, the 'phrases' are demonstrated as the 'combination of words that function together to express an element of speech.'
• These group of words or sequence function as a single grammatical unit in the sentence.
• These can be of various types like noun phrase, verb phrase, adverb phrase, prepositional phrase, etc.
• They often carry an idiomatic meaning and elevates the meaning of the sentence.
• Thus, the given definition best justifies the term 'phrase.'

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