Perhaps the story was old, but it was sweeping through academic circles:Four dons were walking down an Oxford street one evening. All were philologists and members of the English department.
My boat is stuck. Narrator: Nice use of your nouns there. Beast, lake and boat. How about we expand those noun phrases? Expanded noun phrases tell you more about the noun. So, 'there's a beast ...
My boat is stuck. Narrator: Nice use of your nouns there. Beast, lake and boat. How about we expand those noun phrases? Expanded noun phrases tell you more about the noun. So, 'there's a beast ...
MARTÍNEZ-INSUA, ANA ELINA and PÉREZ-GUERRA, JAVIER 2011. An open-sesame approach to English noun phrases: defining the NP (with an introduction to the special issue). English Language and Linguistics, ...
Liu, Yingying and McManus, Kevin 2023. Investigating the psychological reality of argument structure constructions and N1 of N2 constructions: a comparison between L1 and L2 speakers of English.
35A. This clue is delightful: When reading [A whole bunch of people in a row], make “row” rhyme with “Ow!” The answer is MELEE, a chaotic slugfest. (“Row” in this sense is more common in Britain and ...