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    The document defines and provides examples of noun phrases containing relative clauses. It explains that a noun phrase consists of a noun or pronoun as the head along with any dependent words. Noun phrases can refer to a particular example or a whole class. The document gives examples of noun phrases containing prepositional phrase or clause complements that complete the meaning of the noun. It also provides examples of rearranging a sentence by making the noun phrase the subject or object.

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    The document defines and provides examples of noun phrases containing relative clauses. It explains that a noun phrase consists of a noun or pronoun as the head along with any dependent words. Noun phrases can refer to a particular example or a whole class. The document gives examples of noun phrases containing prepositional phrase or clause complements that complete the meaning of the noun. It also provides examples of rearranging a sentence by making the noun phrase the subject or object.

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    The document defines and provides examples of noun phrases containing relative clauses. It explains that a noun phrase consists of a noun or pronoun as the head along with any dependent words. Noun phrases can refer to a particular example or a whole class. The document gives examples of noun phrases containing prepositional phrase or clause complements that complete the meaning of the noun. It also provides examples of rearranging a sentence by making the noun phrase the subject or object.

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    Noun phrases containing

    relative clauses
    Definition
    According to the Cambridge Dictionary a noun is a word that
    refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality:

    'Doctor', 'coal', and 'beauty' are all nouns.

    A noun phrase consists of a noun or pronoun, which is called


    the head, and any dependent words before or after the head.
    Dependent words give specific information about the head.
    Examples of noun phrases:

    dependent word(s) head dependent word(s)

    love

    him

    the moon

    a gold ring

    the red one

    good food

    my own personal website

    that house there

    the longest river in the world

    a feeling of isolation

    the tall, blonde woman we met at Joanna’s house


    Noun phrases can refer to a particular example of something
    or to a whole class of people or things.
    Compare

    particular example whole class

    my mother women

    the red star in the southern sky the stars

    New York a big city


    Noun phrases: complements
    • Complements come immediately after the head
    in a noun phrase. They are prepositional
    phrases or clauses which are necessary to
    complete the meaning of the noun. Without the
    complement, we wouldn’t understand what the
    noun was referring to.
    pre-head head complement type

    prepositional
    a rise in inflation
    phrase

    prepositional
    a feeling of fear and loneliness
    phrase

    that schools should control


    the idea clause
    their own finances

    that the planet is getting


    the fact clause
    warmer
    I’d really miss hanging out with my friends
    We can say the same thing in a different way.
    Noun phrase
    noun + relative clause
    One thing (that) I’d really miss is
    hanging out with my friends.
    The noun phrase can go before or after be. Here it is
    before the verb be. It is the subject.
    The noun phrase is now the object. It is after the verb be.

    Hanging out with my friends is one thing


    (that) I’d really miss.
    The noun phrase is the subject. It is before the verb be.

    One thing (that) I’d really miss is


    hanging out with my friends.

    The noun phrase is the object. It is after the verb be.

    Hanging out with my friends is one thing


    (that) I’d really miss.

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