Hi my dear friends,Today, I read on English Club's grammar about noun phrase and adjective phrase.It has said, "a red box = noun phrase", and also "quite big = adjective phrase".Here is the link, please:https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/sentence/phrases.htmMy questions:1. It looks like "a red box" is adjective phrase because the page has said, adjective phrase can be a single adjective or a group of words built around a single adjective.Thus, "Red" is a single adjective with a group of words built around it, so I believe that it is adjective phrase (a red box), not noun phrase.Why has the page said that it is a "noun phrase"?2. The page has also said, "quite big" is adjective phrase.I looked at Cambridge Dictionary and I saw that "quite" is an adverb, so why is "quite big" adjective phrase?Thanks in advance,
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Second, I understood about this subject that there is one MAIN WORD in any phrase that we can't leave out.
In adjective phrase, it is an adjective.
In noun phrase, it is a noun.
In adverb phrase, it is an adverb.
Two questions, please. You have said in your above explanation,
here are some other examples for a noun phrase:
...
A very interesting movie.
Thus, you have accepted that the above phrase is a noun phrase, but later, you says "RED and VERY INTERESTING are the adjective phrase."
1. Why have you said that RED and VERY INTERESTING are the adjective phrase?
2. Can a phrase be both 'noun phrase" and also "adjective phrase"?
Dear Bijan, it is quite easy to answer your question.
A RED BOX is a noun phrase as there is a noun. The main word in this phrase is BOX. The adjective RED is a noun's attribute, i.e., its definition. Here are some other examples for a noun phrase:
a cup of black coffee
a boy with a book
a very interesting movie.
On the other hand, we can say that RED and VERY INTERESTING are the adjective phrases. In the last phrase, interesting is an adjective and is the main word while very (an adverb) is its attribute.
You see, in any phrase is one main word we can't leave out. In a noun phrase it is a noun, in an adjective phrase it is an adjective.
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Thank you very much.
I got my answer.
Best wishes,
Bijan, sure not! It is either a noun phrase or an adjective phrase.
A very interesting movie is a noun phrase, but the word combination very interesting is an adjective phrase. We can use the last without any noun:
It is very interesting.
And however we may use it in a sentence, it is still an adjective phrase.
First, thank you.
Second, I understood about this subject that there is one MAIN WORD in any phrase that we can't leave out.
In adjective phrase, it is an adjective.
In noun phrase, it is a noun.
In adverb phrase, it is an adverb.
Two questions, please. You have said in your above explanation,
here are some other examples for a noun phrase:
...
A very interesting movie.
Thus, you have accepted that the above phrase is a noun phrase, but later, you says "RED and VERY INTERESTING are the adjective phrase."
1. Why have you said that RED and VERY INTERESTING are the adjective phrase?
2. Can a phrase be both 'noun phrase" and also "adjective phrase"?
Thanks and best wishes,
Dear Bijan, it is quite easy to answer your question.
A RED BOX is a noun phrase as there is a noun. The main word in this phrase is BOX. The adjective RED is a noun's attribute, i.e., its definition. Here are some other examples for a noun phrase:
a cup of black coffee
a boy with a book
a very interesting movie.
On the other hand, we can say that RED and VERY INTERESTING are the adjective phrases. In the last phrase, interesting is an adjective and is the main word while very (an adverb) is its attribute.
You see, in any phrase is one main word we can't leave out. In a noun phrase it is a noun, in an adjective phrase it is an adjective.
Is it clear now?