STEP #18

WHAT IS A PHRASE?

GRASSHOPPER, AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN

DEFINE A PHRASE
WHEN YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT A PHRASE IS, IT WILL BE TIME FOR YOU TO LEAVE THIS PLACE!

MASTER. . .
A PHRASE, UNLIKE A CLAUSE, IS A GROUP OF WORDS THAT CONTAINS NO SUBJECT OR VERB. UNLIKE A CLAUSE A PHRASE DOES NOT COMMUNICATE AN IDEA.

EXAMPLE
RUNNING INTO THE FOREST.
THIS IS A PHRASE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS NO SUBJECT AND NO VERB. RUNNING IS NOT A VERB BECAUSE IT CONTAINS NO AUXILLIARY OR HELPING VERB. WHILE FOREST IS A NOUN, A NOUN BECOME A SUBJECT WHEN IT IS PLACED TO THE LEFT OF THE VERB.

SO
RUNNING INTO THE FOREST IS A PHRASE. IT CONTAINS NO SUBJECT AND NO VERB. IT DOES NOT COMMUNICATE AN IDEA