Meaning a person who loses a contest or any other competition. Origin unknown, but first recorded in English in the late 1890's. The origin may have referred to horse or Dog Racing
The phrase "ran to catch the bus" contains no subject.Examples of complete sentences:He ran to catch the bus.Mrs. Jones ran to catch the bus.The kids ran to catch the bus.All sentences need:a subject (this is a person place or thing that does the actiona verb (an action)The original phrase does not say who or what did the running.
I haven't seen my cousin Phillip for many years and today I ran into him on a street corner.
2 or 3 words that are the subject of the sentence: Jack and his dog ran through the woods. - Jack and his dog = subject phrase Jack ran through the woods. - Jack = single pronoun subject.
what does phrase means A phrase is a string of words that on their own cannot stand as a complete sentence. A phrase is usually a prepositional phrase (introduced by a preposition); prepositional phrases in turn are usually also either adverbial or adjectival phrases because they modify a verb or a noun in the main clause. Example: "His mother was angry at him". "...at him" is a prepositional phrase, introduced by the preposition "at". In this case it is also an adverbial phrase, because it modifies the verb "was angry". The prepositional phrase contains no verb, which is why it is a phrase instead of a clause. Example: "He lost his backpack with all of his schoolwork." "...with all of his schoolwork" is an prepositional phrase, introduced by the preposition "with". But in this case it is an *adjectival* phrase because it modifies the noun "backpack", instead of modifying a verb. Compare to this: "His mother was angry at him so he ran to his room." "...he ran to his room" is a clause, not a phrase, because by itself it is a complete sentence (it has a subject and a verb and can stand alone by itself as a sentence). In this case it is joined to the main clause by the coordinating conjunction "so".
Picking flowers, do you love them or not, it NOT a phrase!
an also-ran refers to losing horses in a horse race
The phrase in the sentence "The cat ran under the house" is "ran under the house."
A verb phrase is the verb and its dependents (objects, complements, and other modifiers), but not the subject or its dependents.The verb phrase in the sentence is "ran to the bus stop after the movie".The subject is the noun phrase "the children".Note: The preposition phrase "After the movie" modifies the verb "ran".
A second prepositional phrase in a sentence that modifies part of the first prepositional phrase. There can also be a third nested prepositional phrase that modifies part of the second prepositional phrase, and so on. For example: Mary ran (to the end (of the street.)) The first prepositional phrase is "to the end" and the second prepositional phrase is "of the street" where "of the street" modifies "end" so "of the street" is a nested prepositional phrase. I am excited (for the birthday party (for Ashley.)) The first prepositional phrase is "for the birthday party" and the second prepositional phrase is "for Ashley" where "for Ashley" modifies "birthday party" so "for Ashley is a nested prepositional phrase. A non-nested prepositional phrase would be a second prepositional phrase that does not modify part of the first prepositional phrase. For example: Mary ran (to the street) (in the morning.) The first prepositional phrase is "to the street" which modifies "ran." Mary ran to the street. The second prepositional phrase is "in the morning" which also modifies "ran." Mary ran in the morning.
Yes, a prepositional phrase can function as an adverb phrase in a sentence. It provides information about where, when, how, or to what extent an action is taking place. For example, in the sentence "She ran to the store quickly," the prepositional phrase "to the store" acts as an adverbial phrase describing where she ran.
The phrase "ran very quickly" consists of a verb ("ran") and an adverb ("very quickly").
"To join the circus" is the infinitive phrase.
"To join the circus" is the infinitive phrase.
"To join the circus" is the infinitive phrase.
came from the election in 1840, when William Henry Harrison (also known as "Old Tippecanoe") ran for president with John Tyler running as vice president. they used the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too".
It is a horse racing term, origin not really known. Came into common use in the 19th Century
The phrase "ran to catch the bus" contains no subject.Examples of complete sentences:He ran to catch the bus.Mrs. Jones ran to catch the bus.The kids ran to catch the bus.All sentences need:a subject (this is a person place or thing that does the actiona verb (an action)The original phrase does not say who or what did the running.