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Ten by three equals thirty.
Four from nine leaves five.
4. Groups of words consisting of two or more proper names
belonging to one person.
George Gordon Byron was born in 1788.
5. Groups of words which form one geographical name.
New York is the largest city in the United States of America.
6. Groups of words containing a proper name and a noun denoting an
occupation, a title, a rank, a relatioship, or naming a species of
animal.
How do you do, Doctor Brown?
Mrs. Poppets brought the tray in.
The boy looked up at Colonel Julian.
He always reminds me of my Uncle Podger.
The dog Charlie was full of importance.
Note:
However these groups of words allow of another interpretation: the first word may be treated as a non-
detached apposition. See § 92.
7. Groups
of words containing a verb and a noun denoting an action.
She looked at him and gave a sigh.
Please, don’t make trouble.
8. Adverbial groups of words.
He came two minutes ago.
A week later she began to recover.
Phrases of this kind (1-8) function in the sentence in accordance with their nominal, verbal or adverbial
nature as one whole. (See the examples above.)
Predicative complexes
§ 37. Predicative complexes differ from phrases in that they have two words with predicative relation
between the nominal and the verbal parts of the phrase. These words in their turn may have one or more words
dependent on them. Though the predicative relation within a complex is grammatically only implicit, its
presence makes it possible to turn any predicative complex into a clause, which cannot be done to a phrase.
I saw him run ——> I saw that he was running.
He still found life interesting ——> He still found that life was interesting.
Predicative complexes are dealt with in full in § 124-132.
Clauses
§ 38. Clauses, like predicative complexes, contain two words connected predicatively, but unlike predicative