To be specific, a modifier is either an adjective or an adverb. Sebelum mempelajari noun phrase lebih lanjut, apakah kalian tahu apa itu frasa? a thirty-kilogram suitcase a two-minute rest a five-thousand-euro platinum watch a fifty-kilometre journey This is an example of an adjective clause. It’s also perfectly acceptable to describe a noun with two or three modifiers. Among these modifiers are adjectives, articles, participles, possessive nouns, possessive pronouns, determiners, relative clauses, infinitives, participle phrases, prepositional phrases, and compound nouns*. However, prepositional phrases themselves can be used as post-modifiers of noun phrases, i.e. (post-modifier) Adjective Phrase as Modifier: A prepositional phrase modifying a noun or pronoun is called an adjective phrase. In the lower list, each example has two noun modifiers modifying one noun; for example, two-partner and computer together modify the noun … In sentence (4c), the noun a detective is modified by the prepositional phrase with the waxed moustache. Phrases and clauses act as modifiers. The adverb "carefully" is the modifier in this example—it modifies the verb "proofread," giving important details about how the proofreading was conducted. The adjectives modify the nouns, and the adverbs modify the verbs or the adjectives or the other adverbs. There are many different types of modifiers that can be used in noun phrases to modify the noun in the phrase. In the phrase “job description,” for example, the noun “job” modifies “description.” Double- or Triple-Word Modifiers. Clause Modifier Examples: The boy who was at the store bought cookies. Post-modification of noun phrases. We can use noun modifiers to show what something is made of:. Phrases and Clauses as Modifiers. an office worker a jewellery maker a potato peeler. A noun phrase is a group of two or more words that is headed by a noun (a person, place, or thing) and includes modifiers (e.g., 'the,' 'a,' 'of them,' 'with her'). Robin is a brilliant (pre-modifier) All the flowers in the garden are beautiful. The man with beard entered the room. What Is a Noun Phrase? A modifier is a word/phrase/clause which modifies other words in a sentence. In sentence (4d), two nonrestrictive modifiers are added to qualify the definite referent detective: the adjective famous and the participial phrase … A modifier can be an adjective (a word that modifies a noun, like "burger"), but it can also be an adverb (a word that modifies a verb): Example: The student carefully proofread her draft. This means the noun modifier family is modifying the noun modifier room. In a noun phrase, the modifiers can come before or after the noun. We often use noun modifiers with nouns ending in –er: . Noun phrase adalah frasa dalam bahasa Inggris yang menggabungkan noun dengan satu modifier atau lebih. In the first example above, family is a noun modifier and room too is a noun modifier. Single words are not the only types of modifiers. An indefinite pronoun refers to a pronoun that does not specify a particular place, person, or thing. Frasa adalah kesatuan bahasa yang tediri dari dua kata atau lebih yang membentuk makna baru dari kata sebelumnya. they may follow the head noun in such phrases. A noun phrase refers to words that work the same way as a noun.A noun phrase features a noun, pronoun, and other modifiers.In this case, a pronoun is used in place of a noun, and it could either be an indefinite pronoun or a subject pronoun. We use measurements, age or value as noun modifiers:. A noun phrase can function as a subject, an object, or a complement within a sentence. 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