Lesson 7 | Digging Deeper into Verbal Phrases, Part 1

What we learned this lesson

1. An unmarked phrase doesn’t begin with an infinitive, participle, conjunction, relative pronoun, a genitive, or a preposition, nor is it functioning as a substantive, nor is it in apposition to something in the preceding phrase.
2. A conjunction phrase begins with a conjunction.
3. There are six major relationships that an unmarked phrase can have with its anchor phrase:
4. Ground
5. Result
6. Negative
7. Explanation
8. Example
9. Answer
10. There are 11 major relationships that a conjunction phrase can have with its anchor phrase:
11. Ground
12. Result
13. Purpose
14. Condition
15. Temporal
16. Locative
17. Concessive
18. Comparison
19. Negative
20. Explanation
21. Content

Your skills are sharpening!