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No, but it can have the meaning of an entire sentence.
No. It is a prepositional phrase It does not have a subject or verb and does not express a complete thought. And example of a sentence with this phrase is: "The tree fell during a thunderstorm."
a sentence is a complete thought to have a complete sentence you need a subject and verb "In its earliest forms" would be a prepositional phrase a transition sentence is a sentence that transitions between paragraphs or ideas
A prepositional phrase adds more information to a sentence by showing the relationship between its object and other elements in the sentence. It typically consists of a preposition, its object, and any modifiers. It can function as an adjective or adverb in a sentence.
Independent thought.
My parents are very thoughtful.
Independent thought.
I'm not sure if your question is whether a prepositional phrase is the same thing as a word group, or if "group" is a prepositional phrase. The answer is no in either case. A word group must express a complete thought. A prepositional phrase is part of a sentence and it has to start with a preposition. "In the group" is a prepositional phrase beginning with the preposition "in."
"On the beach" is a phrase, not an independent clause. It does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence.
a clause has a subject and a verb and may or may not complete a though (depended on a subordinate clause or independent). A prepositional phrase has a preposition and the object of the preposition
A subordinate clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence. On the other hand, a prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. While a subordinate clause functions as part of a sentence, adding information or providing context, a prepositional phrase primarily acts as an adverb or adjective to modify a noun or verb.
Her parents thought she was really sick, but Julia was just feigning being ill.