How is a noun phrase and a prepositional phrase are created ? Is prepositional phrase an adverb ?
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Noun Phrases
A noun phrase includes a noun—a person, place, or thing—and the modifiers—either before or after—which distinguish it. The pattern looks like this:
Optional Modifier(s) + Noun + Optional Modifier(s)
Noun phrases function as subjects, objects, and complements:
The shoplifted pair of jeans caused Nathaniel so much guilt that he couldn't wear them.
The shoplifted pair of jeans = subject.
Jerome adopted a cat that refused to meow.
A cat that refused to meow = direct object.
With her love of Shakespeare and knowledge of grammar, Jasmine will someday be a great English teacher.
A great English teacher = subject complement.
Prepositional Phrases
At the minimum, a prepositional phrase will begin with a preposition and end with a noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause, the "object" of the preposition.
The object of the preposition will often have one or more modifiers to describe it. These are the patterns for a prepositional phrase:
Preposition + Noun, Pronoun, Gerund, or Clause
Preposition + Modifier(s) + Noun, Pronoun, Gerund, or Clause
A prepositional phrase will function as an adjective or adverb. As an adjective, the prepositional phrase will answer the question Which one?
Adverb prepositional phrases that modify verbs can move about the sentence, just as adverbs do. Like adverbs they can tell where, when, how, and to what extent. Since they use more than one word, they can also tell why.
We will go snowboarding \in the winter. (In the winter tells when we will go snowboarding.)
\In the winter, we will go snowboarding.
We will, \in the winter, go snowboarding.