Phrase and clause

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Phrase

A group of words which gives the meaning but not complete meaning is called Phrase or a combination of words that make sense but not complete sense.

• One way to define a phrase is to say it is a group of words that "belong together" in terms of meaning but do not have both a subject and a verb.

• e.g:

• At the air port, In the hall, In the dead of night

• Type of phrases:

• The Noun Phrase

• Prepositional Phrase

• The Adjective phrase

• The Adverb Phrase

The Verb phrase.

• The infinitive Phrase

• The Gerund Phrase

• The Participle Phrase

• Absolute Phrase.