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"?
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Thank you very much.
I got my answer.
Best wishes,
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,