ABSTRACT
In A2 we looked at nouns as a word class. But when we want to study texts and analyse sentences (for example, to identify subjects and objects), we need to recognise a larger unit: the noun phrase. A noun phrase is a noun and all the words that ‘go’ with it. It can consist of just a noun:
Money is bad for you.
People are strange.
London is a fantastic place.
And a pronoun can also function as a noun phrase:She is my best friend.
But usually there is more than one word.