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What's a phrase

A phrase is a group of word that do not have a subject nor predicate and therefore cannot make a complete sense. There are different types of phrase, eg: Noun phrase, Verb phrase, prepositional phrase e.t.c 1.Noun phrase is a group of words that has a noun as head word.
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A phrase is a group of two or more words that work together but don't form a clause. ... For example, ?buttery popcorn? is a phrase, but ?I eat buttery popcorn? is a clause. Because it isn't a clause, a phrase is never a full sentence on its own.
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In syntax and grammar, a phrase is a group of words which act together as a grammatical unit. For instance, the English expression "the very happy squirrel" is a noun phrase which contains the adjective phrase "very happy". Phrases can consist of a single word or a complete sentence.
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