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A noun phrase is either a single noun or pronoun or a group of words
containing a noun or a pronoun that function together as a noun
or pronoun, as the subject or object of a verb.








Ex :
-The people that I saw coming in the building at nine o’clock have just left
(The people that I saw coming in the building at nine o’clock is a lengthy
noun phrase, but it functions as the subject of the     main verb
‘have just left’)


Structures of noun phrase :

1. Noun pre-modifiers is modifiers before the noun.
( Modify means to limit, restrict, characterize, or other wise focus
meaning ). All of pre-modifiers that are present and the noun
together form a noun phrase.

2. Noun post-odifiers is momdifiers that coming after a noun
Noun phrase = noun + modifiers
a noun phrase consists of a noun and all of its modifiers.
It can function in a sentence as a subject, object or compliment.

3. Noun phrase – pre-modifier + noun + post-modifier
The noun together with all pre- and post-modifiers constitutes
a single unit, a noun phrase that indicates the complete reference.

Ex :
1. Noun phrase > pre-modifiers + noun
a. White house ; here white is premodifier and house is a noun.
b. The three old Democratic legislators ; here the three old
Democratic is premodifier and legislator is a noun.

2. Noun phrase > noun + post-modifiers
a. The glass on the table ; here on the table is the post-modifier
b. The boy in the store ; her in the store is the post-modifier

3. Noun phrase > pre-modifier + noun +post-modifier
a. The boy on top of the house are………
here The is pre-modifier, boy is the noun, on top of the
house is the post-modifier.

Kind of noun phrase :

1. noun + noun
ex : office girl

2. verb +noun
ex : sing a song and read a book

3. gerund + noun
ex : dining room

4. pronoun + noun
ex : their fooT

5. adjective + noun
ex : black bird

6. determiner + noun
ex : a ruler and a mirror