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A noun phrase is any word or group of words based on a noun or pronoun that can function in a sentence as a subject, the object of a verb or a preposition object; it can be one word or many words. Some examples of noun phrases for the noun floor:

The floor was washed.

The kitchen floor is new.

Junior waxed the all the floors for me.

Our room is on the third floor facing the beach.

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