Close Window to Exit | Foreign Language Success Strategies First Edition, Volume I: August 2006 Part II- English Language Grammar Primer & Exercises |
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Compound noun phrases are made up of two or more noun phrases that fill the same grammatical role. It is the compound subject, direct object, indirect object, subjective complement, objective complement, or object of the preposition. Examples: Francine went to the store. + My cousin Roberta went to the store. = At DLI, you will be a student. + You will also be a service member. = I’d like pepperoni pizza for supper. + I wouldn’t mind ravioli either. = I gave Uncle Harold a present. + I gave Rita one, too. = I didn’t share my cell with a murderer. + I didn’t share it with a killer, either. = Compound verb phrases are made up of two or more verb phrases that share the same subject. If the verb phrases contain the same auxiliary verb, that auxiliary verb will normally appear once. Examples: One-eyed Joe viciously shot the sheriff. + However, he didn’t kill him. = The dog was washed. + The dog was dried. = Compound prepositional phrase are usually two or more adverbial phrases that modify the same verb. When two similar prepositional phrases modify the same noun, pronoun, or noun equivalent, the phrases are usually combined into one phrase with a compound object of the preposition. |
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