Propositional Structure of Noun Phrases. Linguistics 322. Intermediate Syntax. In the English as in most but not all languages (i.e. Chinese) number can be extracted from the noun leaving a ...

A Word, Please: Of adjectives and noun phrases. By June Casagrande . May 17, 2013 7:47 PM PT . Share; Share via Close extra sharing options. Facebook; X; Email; Copy Link URL Copied! Print; ...

For example, in “A herd of gazelles is/are on the savanna,” you have two nouns: the head word in this noun phrase is the collective “herd,” which could take a singular verb.

Expanded noun phrases tell you more about the noun. So, 'there's a beast' could be expanded to, there's a water beast' Fisherman: Fine but I'm still trapped on the lake.

Not all of our noun phrases have a determiner in them. Sometimes it's "the rabbit" but other times it's just "cake". And some of our verb phrases don’t have a noun phrase in them, either.

Expanded noun phrases tell you more about the noun. So, 'there's a beast' could be expanded to, there's a water beast' Fisherman: Fine but I'm still trapped on the lake.