Ch 4

______ derive their name from their pre position in front of noun phrases, and the entire constituent is called a ______ phrase

_____ are said to modify the verbs they follow in that they provide information telling when, where, how, or why and action took place. They can also modify a noun that they follow. ex: the house on the hill overlooked the valley

To differentiate whether a prepositional phrase modifies the noun or the verb, look at which element it _____

the property of grammar that allows us to generate constituents that recur again and again is called _____

regular ____ can be substitutes for all the words in a noun phrase, even the entire noun phrase. Ex: The acrobats amazed Evelyn vs They amazed Evelyn

need to make list of pronouns

singular pronouns are considered to be ______ or ____ cases

plural personal pronouns are ______ case

Nominative case pronouns are used for a sentences _____ (the noun phrase that precedes the verb)

The objective form is used for a ___ ____ (the noun phrase that follows a transitive verb) or for an object of ______

pronouns are ______ because different forms of personal pronouns are used for singular and plural number and for nominative and objective cases

a noun phrase that comes before the verb is generally the _______

a noun phrase that comes after a verb is generally the _____ _____

english is considered a ___ ___ language because it relies largely on word order not inflection to convey base information