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Is sleeping potion a noun

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

The term 'sleeping potion' is a noun phrase, a group of words based on a noun that functions as a unit in a sentence.

The noun phrase 'sleeping potion' is made up of the noun'potion' described by the adjective 'sleeping'.

A noun phrase will function as the subject of a sentence or a clause, and as the object of a verb or a preposition.

Examples of the noun phrase in a sentence:

  • A sleeping potion was given to the patient. (subject of the sentence)
  • She was grateful for the rest that the sleeping potion provided. (subject of the relative clause)
  • The nurse mixed a sleeping potion for the patient. (direct object of the verb 'mixed')
  • He stopped at the pharmacy for a sleeping potion. (object of the preposition 'for')
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