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Noun Phrases

Noun Phrases   A noun phrase is any phrase that has a noun as its head and that can occupy the same slot as a single noun or pronoun in a larger phrase or in a sentence. ·          Dogs frighten me. (noun) ·          Big dogs frighten me (noun phrase) ·          She ran outside to play (pronoun) ·          The little girl ran outside to play (noun phrase) ·          Don't touch that (pronoun) ·          Don't touch those books (noun phrase) ·          She came with Margaret (noun) ·          She came with her older sister (noun phrase). v   Other examples of noun phrase are: ·          She gave him...