Noun phrase and prepositional phrase -2014 - Grammar short lessons
A phrase is a group of words that does not include a subject and verb. Note that if the group of words contains a subject and a verb, it is considered as a clause.
A phrase doesn’t make complete sense, but it must still make some sense.
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