jhydebaba: What is a phrase

i wonder o... All these are al clauses;at least...

slimur :


Clap for ursef..... U haff tried..

Thank u jare.

jhydebaba: What is a phrase

i wonder o... All these are al clauses;at least... .

aribisala0: I already did baby boy . Did you doze off or something

looks like u are really itching for a show down. Seems ur life is boring so u are looking for someone to help u spice it up a little.

FXKing2012:

looks like u are really itching for a show down. Seems ur life is boring so u are looking for someone to help u spice it up a little.

Guy you dry wella. Abeg waka pass

aribisala0: Guy you dry wella. Abeg waka pass

. . .ofcourse cos we are not on the same pedestal.

The sun especially loves this: "the robbers are now cooling their heels at CID, panti"
or
"Residents ogba area of Lagos can now sleep with both eyes closed..."

Sometimes, I wonder if the same person writes The Sun's crime section and Complete Sports

Unknown gunmen!

FXKing2012:

These sentences are not phrases and neither are the bolded words. Pls read the definition of a phrase and a clause below.

To understand punctuation, it is
helpful to understand the difference
between a phrase and a clause .
I. A phrase is a collection of words
that may have nouns or verbals, but
it does not have a subject doing a
verb. The following are examples of
phrases:
leaving behind the dog
smashing into a fence
before the first test
after the devastation
between ignorance and intelligence
broken into thousands of pieces
because of her glittering smile
In these examples above, you will
find nouns (dog, fence, test,
devastation, ignorance, intelligence,
thousands, pieces). You also have
some verbals ( leaving, smashing),
but in no case is the noun
functioning as a subject doing a
predicate verb. They are all phrases.
II . A clause is a collection of words
that has a subject that is actively
doing a verb. The following are
examples of clauses:
since she laughs at diffident men
I despise individuals of low character
when the saints go marching in
Obediah Simpson is uglier than a
rabid raccoon
because she smiled at him.
In the examples above, we find
either a noun or a pronoun that is a
subject (bold-print and red)
attached to a predicate verb
(underlined and purple) in each
case:
since she laughs at diffident men
I despise individuals of low character
when the saints go marching in
Obediah Simpson is uglier than a
rabid raccoon
because she smiled at him
III. If the clause could stand by
itself, and form a complete sentence
with punctuation, we call the clause
an independent clause . The
following are independent clauses:
I despise individuals of low character
Obediah Simpson is uglier than a
rabid racoon
We could easily turn independent
clauses into complete sentences by
adding appropriate punctuation
marks. We might say, "I despise
individuals of low character." Or we
might write, "Obediah Simpson is
uglier than a rabid racoon!" We call
them independent because these types
of clauses can stand independently by
themselves, without any extra
words attached, and be complete
sentences.
IV. Dependent clauses have a
subject doing a verb, but they have
a subordinate conjunction placed in
front of the clause. That subordinate
conjunction means that the clause
can't stand independently by itself
and become a complete sentence.
Instead, the dependent clause is
dependent upon another clause--it
can't make a complete sentence by
itself, even though it has a subject
doing a verb. Here are some
examples of dependent clauses:
since she laughs at diffident men
when the saints go marching in
because she smiled at him
These clauses simply do not form
complete thoughts or sentences by
themselves. Those subordinate
conjunctions-- since , when , and
because-- cause the listener to expect
some extra material. The thought is
incomplete. If you walked up to a
friend in the dorms and said, "since
she laughs at diffident men," and
then walked away without adding
an independent clause, the friend
would be completely baffled.
It's important to understand the
difference between phrases,
dependent clauses, and independent
clauses because many punctuation
marks--such as commas, semicolons,
and colons, require one or the other.

Lol

siddiq202:
You must be one of Nigerian journalists

FUEL SCARCITY LOOMS AS NUPENG SET FOR MOTHER OF ALL STRIKES!

Just so we can put these annoying runts back in their boring boxes

The word phrase, like many other words in English,has several meanings. It has a specific meaning in "Grammar" and different meanings in linguistics,colloquialisms etc. Always you find these urchins pumped up with half knowledge of the Language trying to bully or bulldoze their way into the party and spoil it. It is true "half-knowledge" is a dangerous thing.
A phrase can mean; a commomly used expression as in

"Is that your final answer?" the want to be a Millionaire TV programme

or "shaken not stirred" James Bond.


Grammatically they(phrases) may qualify to be called sentences or clauses but they are also "PHRASES" in a different sense

the word phrase may refer any idiomatic expression as in "man must wack" or "a man's got to do what a man must do e.g.

It may also refer to " a characteristic manner of expression" as in Zebrudaya's "Even plus including....."


Thus all the expressions provided thus far are phrases,definitely

In short the word phrase also means : "an EXPRESSION" or "SAYING"

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phrase


http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/phrase?q=phrase

http://www.chambers.co.uk/search.php?query=phrase&title=21st

So can the breezy brained,boring,bombastic booboo get in his box and let the fun continue.

@OP, I must say you are really crazy.

I just pictured your first example: Ngozi Okonjo Iweala F I N G E R E D in a N20 Billion scam and I couldn't stop laughing...

aribisala0: Just so we can put these annoying runts back in their boring boxes

The word phrase, like many other words in English,has several meanings. It has a specific meaning in "Grammar" and different meanings in linguistics,colloquialisms etc. Always you find these urchins pumped up with half knowledge of the Language trying to bully or bulldoze their way into the party and spoil it. It is true "half-knowledge" is a dangerous thing.
A phrase can mean; a commomly used expression as in

"Is that your final answer?" the want to be a Millionaire TV programme

or "shaken not stirred" James Bond.


Grammatically they(phrases) may qualify to be called sentences or clauses but they are also "PHRASES" in a different sense

the word phrase may refer any idiomatic expression as in "man must wack" or "a man's got to do what a man must do e.g.

It may also refer to " a characteristic manner of expression" as in Zebrudaya's "Even plus including....."


Thus all the expressions provided thus far are phrases,definitely

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phrase


http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/phrase?q=phrase

http://www.chambers.co.uk/search.php?query=phrase&title=21st

So can the breezy brained,boring,bombastic booboo get in his box and let the fun continue.

U obviously lack d knowledge of d difference btw a phrase and a clause. If u maintain those are phrases, then tell us the kind of phrases they are.
You must be an English language teacher in one village primary sch (lol)

FG halts road construction project
Eagles rue missed chances
Ghost workers found in civil service
Hausa traders flood Lagos
Eagles/Black Stars in battle of wits

Enugu BOILS over Nnamani

BLOODBATH AS TIV/FULANI CLASH IN BENUE
BLACK SUNDAY
ROAD TO HELL: BENIN-ORE EXPRESSWAY
Then they always start death stories with: 'Mr. **** woke on friday morning like any other resident of adefunmi street. Had he had a premonition of what was to befall him that fateful friday, he wudnt have step out of his house'...(Like say dem de there, &hw d̶̲̥̅̊ guy want take knw say he wan die...lol )
60BILLION SUBSIDY SCAM
SENATE SET TO BATTLE JONATHAN
Mehn, those peeps dey funny attimes sha

FXKing2012:

U obviously lack d knowledge of d difference btw a phrase and a clause. If u maintain those are phrases, then tell us the kind of phrases they are.
You must be an English language teacher in one village primary sch (lol)

Guy I have provided links to well known dictionaries let the other readers read and make up their minds. Words have more than one meaning often and the grammatical focus you have is BUT ONE of the several meanings of the word; PHRASE. Or must people use the word to mean only what you know ??

Whatever I am is irrelevant and I have nothing to say to you.



We are trying to have some fun.

ACN floors PDP in Lagos..

PDP SWEEPS 32 States...

aribisala0:

Guy I have provided links to well known dictionaries let the other readers read and make up their minds. Words have more than one meaning often and the grammatical focus you have is BUT ONE of the several meanings of the word; PHRASE. Or must people use the word to mean only what you know ??

Whatever I am is irrelevant and I have nothing to say to you.



We are trying to have some fun.

Definition
A phrase is a syntactic structure
that consists of more than one word
but lacks the subject-predicate
organization of a clause .

www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAPhrase.htm

web.cn.edu/kwheeler/gram_clauses_n_phrases.html

m.dictionary.com/d/?q=phrase&o=0&l=dir

Read and learn something, then thank me later.

ITbomb: unconfirm report . . .

you nailed it

FXKing2012:

Definition
A phrase is a syntactic structure
that consists of more than one word
but lacks the subject-predicate
organization of a clause .

www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAPhrase.htm

web.cn.edu/kwheeler/gram_clauses_n_phrases.html

m.dictionary.com/d/?q=phrase&o=0&l=dir

Read and learn something, then thank me later.

Guy you are right but that is not the only meaning of the word.

What you provide is the "linguistic" meaning which is a "specialized" meaning. There are NON-TECHNICAL meanings too.
As these links demonstrate and I am sure you now realise but are too arrogant to admit

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phrase


http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/phrase?q=phrase

http://www.chambers.co.uk/search.php?query=phrase&title=21st


Why not just accept that with humility and cease making YEST(as my friend Okon would say) of ya sef

The word "sentence" can also refer to a punishment
The word "set" has the most meanings in English(about 100 distinct meanings for the word) from ARRANGE , READY, Set a clock to a (telephone) set. So a word having several meanings is not new

More importantly it is spoiling people's fun so give it a rest and save face while you still can

Your comment "read and thank me later" only shows you as arrogant and insecure. I am not disputing what you say is the meaning of the word. I am saying THE WORD HAS SEVERAL MEANINGS. In order to make progress show the courage of your conviction and debunk that otherwise please stop the distraction. Everything posted so far are "PHRASES" so I suggest you stop before other Naialanders vex with you.

Man break pennis during sex, is it posible

Jonathan floors Buhari

FG bemoans state of decay in Nigerian varsities

Funke Akindele opens up

Soyinka drags FG to court

Gruesome murder
Dastardly act
Nonchalant attitude
Disgruntled elements
Figments of imagination
Kingpin

Nigeria's nascent democracy
Obama romances IBB
Love-peddlers
"A crack team of....."

aribisala0:

Firstly you are boring. Peerlessly so.

Secondly there is a time to speak and a time to be silent a wise man knows when to be silent and so even if you are correct you would have been wise to be silent.

The most irritating thing is YOU ARE WRONG and I will gladly demonstrate that to you IF YOU CREATE ANOTHER THREAD.
Meanwhile we are having fun!!

FUNNY PHRASE THREAD: Aribisala0 Dares FXKing2012 - I Will Fight You In Another Thread!

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I have not seen the Alleged. Pls this word is most used.