Quiz 2 version A: Identifying constituent phrases in the clause
Each sentence has one phrase highlighted in underlined red italics. You need to name the kind of phrase it is. Your choices are:
Noun phrase (NP)
Verb phrase (VP)
Adjective phrase (AdjP)
Adverb phrase (AdvP)
Prepositional phrase (PP)
Helpful hints:
Remember that a phrase has both obligatory and optional components. Thus, from a narrow technical sense of the word in linguistics, a phrase might be realized as a single word in some cases.
Remember too that pronouns can function as the head of NPs.
Finally, remember that words ending in-ed and -ing can function as verbs, adjectives, and nouns, so look for clues, such as intensifying adverbs as premodifiers to ascertain its adjective use, as in so tired or very worried or articles a/an or the to find noun use, as in a painting or The Shining.
Languages, along with all other human systems, evolve.
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Languages, along with all other human systems, evolve.
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Languages, along with all other human systems, evolve.
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All languages adopt new words from other languages, such as "glasnost" or "pants."
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All languages adopt new words from other languages, such as "glasnost" or "pants."
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All languages adopt new words from other languages, such as "glasnost" or "pants."
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Moreover, languages also borrow grammatical structures.
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Moreover, languages also borrow grammatical structures.
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Moreover, languages also borrow grammatical structures.
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Moreover, languages also borrow grammatical structures.
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Moreover, languages also borrow grammatical structures.
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Such changes in language are seen differently by different people.
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Such changes in language are seen differently by different people.
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Such changes in language are seen differently by different people.
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Such changes in language are seen differently by different people.
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Some people accept the changes as new additions to the language.
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Some people accept the changes as new additions to the language.
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Some people accept the changes as new additions to the language.
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Some people accept the changes as new additions to the language.
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Other people oppose the changes as unacceptable corruption of the ‘pure’ language.
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Other people oppose the changes as unacceptable corruption of the ‘pure’ language.
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Other people oppose the changes as unacceptable corruption of the ‘pure’ language.
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Other people oppose the changes as unacceptable corruption of the ‘pure’ language.
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A third group of people worry about a completely different kind of language corruption and abuse.
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A third group of people worry about a completely different kind of language corruption and abuse.
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A third group of people worry about a completely different kind of language corruption and abuse.
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That third group is worrying about deception.
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That third group is worrying about deception.
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That third group is worrying about deception.
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To them, language abuse is not about new or controversial words such as 'dis,' 'narly,' and 'yoink.'
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To them, language abuse is not about new or controversial words such as 'dis,' 'narly,' and 'yoink.'
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To them, language abuse is not about new or controversial words such as 'dis,' 'narly,' and 'yoink.'
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To them, language abuse is not about new or controversial words such as 'dis,' 'narly,' and 'yoink.'
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To them, language abuse is not about new or controversial words such as 'dis,' 'narly,' and 'yoink.'
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Instead, language abuse by their definition deceives by hiding the true meaning, such as using 'zero tolerance policy' instead of using its true meaning ('kidnapping children from their parents').
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Instead, language abuse by their definition deceives by hiding the true meaning, such as using 'zero tolerance policy' instead of using its true meaning ('kidnapping children from their parents').
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Instead, language abuse by their definition deceives by hiding the true meaning, such as using 'zero tolerance policy' instead of using its true meaning ('kidnapping children from their parents').
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Instead, language abuse by their definition deceives by hiding the true meaning, such as using 'zero tolerance policy' instead of using its true meaning ('kidnapping children from their parents').
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Instead, language abuse by their definition deceives by hiding the true meaning, such as using 'zero tolerance policy' instead of using its true meaning ('kidnapping children from their parents').