1 An Introduction to Word classes



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- English Grammar You Need to Know
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Phrase Type
Head
Typical Specifiers
Examples Noun Phrase (NP) noun Determiners
the vehicle
an objection
some people Verb Phrase (VP) verb negative' elements not arrive
never plays the piano Adjective Phrase (AP) adjective AdvP
quite remarkable
very fond of animals Prepositional Phrase PP) preposition AdvP
just across the street An important point about Specifiers is that they relate to the Head + Complement sequence, and not to the Head alone. For example, in the AP very fond of animals , the Specifier very relates to
fond of animals, not just to fond: Amy is very fond of animals Q. Amy is very what? A. Fond A. Fond of animals In functional terms, then, the three-part structure of a phrase can be summarised as
(Specifier) -- Head -- (Complement

You have now completed the Internet Grammar of English.
The Internet Grammar does not, of course, cover every aspect of English grammar, and many
of the topics we have looked at could be discussed in much greater detail.
In the Further Reading section, we have listed some other works on grammar, and on the
English language generally, which you may find useful.



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