Post modifiers and noun functions version ii

NP post-modifier

Definition: A post-modifier is a word or group of words placed after an NP. It is just a question of which is the more efficient approach.

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

FINITE RELATIVE CLAUSE

Ex- We don’t have a constitution which stops government from legislating certain things. Ex- The air mass bringing the coldest temperatures is the polar continental mass which comes in from the Soviet Union.

RELATIVE -ING PARTICIPLE CLAUSE

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RELATIVE -ED PARTICIPLE CLAUSE

Ex- It is a school project planned for me. Ex- This is the time to do it.

RELATIVE INFINITIVE CLAUSE

APPOSITIVE FINITE CLAUSE

Ex- It is a really shorthand for the view that well-being depends on more than the absence of the disease. Ex-The teacher arrived the day before did you.

ADVERB

ADJECTIVE

Ex- Ohm let me fine you something ethnic. Ex- He is in his address this morning.

NOUN PHRASE

FUNCTION OF NOUN PHRASE

SUBJECT

Ex- My old laptop is not working now.

2- DIRECTIVE OBJECT

Ex- …………………..sign your name there. Ex- I always tell people the truth when I was young.

3- INDIRECT OBJECT

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4- SUBJECTIVE PREDICATE

Ex- Faith has been a gift for you. Ex- I called this little talk a survey of global economic crisis. I called this virus a tragedy.

5- OBJECTIVE PREDICATE

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6- COMPLEMENT OF PREPOSITION

Ex- Ohm but why isn’t it in French. Ex- Simon is on this revision course.

7- PRE-MODIFIER OF A NOUN OR NOUN PHRASE

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8- VOCATIVE

Ex- You are a teacher of English, Dad. Ex- The flag goes up far side. This bus goes northern Chile.

9- ADVERBIAL

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10- PRE-MODIFIER OF ADJECTIVE

Ex- The plane was 4 hours late. Ex- He revealed Washington had informed Pakistan an hour before the start of assault.

11- PRE- MODIFIER OF PREPOSITION

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12- PRE-MODIFIER OF ADVERB

Ex- Now Mercedes have always been good at insulting their car but they are gone a stage further with this. Ex- Women may suffer from lack of acceptance because too many men their ages are dead.

13- POST-MODIFIER OF NOUN

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14- POST-MODIFIER OF ADJECTIVE

Ex- We are short fifteen dollars. Ex- Students are short two hundred dollars.

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