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A phrase is a group of words that forms a unit simpler than a sentence. Unlike a sentence (or clause), a phrase normally does not contain both a subject and a finite (conjugated) verb.
A noun phrase is simply a noun (or pronoun) with its modifiers.
Noun phrases consist of a noun or pronoun modified by adjectives, phrases or even dependent clauses.
Note: We have said that a phrase normally does not contain a subject and verb. The exception is a phrase that contains a dependent clause as a modifier, because every clause has a subject and verb.
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