Noun Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text== Noun phrases == {{main|Noun phrase}} A noun phrase (or '''NP''') is a phrase usually [[Head (linguistics)|headed]] by a common noun, a proper noun, or a pronoun. The head may be the only constituent, or it may be modified by [[determiner]]s and [[adjective]]s. For example, "The dog sat near Ms Curtis and wagged its tail" contains three NPs: ''the dog'' (subject of the verbs ''sat'' and ''wagged''); ''Ms Curtis'' (complement of the preposition ''near''); and ''its tail'' (object of ''wagged''). "You became their teacher" contains two NPs: ''you'' (subject of ''became''); and ''their teacher''.<ref group=note>In this position ''their teacher'' would be analysed variously under different linguistic theories. For example, some would classify it as a "predicate nominal over the subject" (as in the article [[Predicative expression]]); but all would agree that it is not an object since ''became'' is not [[Transitive verb|transitive]]. Traditionally, and very commonly in mainstream linguistic analysis, it is classified as a complement or ''predicative complement'' (PC); see extended treatment in Chapter 4 ("The clause: complements") of Huddleston and Pullum (2002), pp. 213–321: for example in §5.1 at p. 253, where the NP ''a minister'' is taken as a PC in "Ed became <u>a minister</u>" contrasting with its role as an object (O) in "Ed attacked <u>a minister</u>".</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page