3. A phrase used as an adjective is called an adjective phrase.
4. A phrase used as an adverb is called an adverbial phrase.
In the examples in [§ 40], The Father of Waters is a noun-phrase; with blue eyes, an adjective phrase; at the window, an adverbial phrase; are looking, a verb-phrase.
42. Many adjective and adverbial phrases consist of a preposition and its object, with or without other words.
- Your umbrella is in the corner.
- He has a heart of oak.
- A cup with a broken handle stood on the shelf.
- My house of cards fell to the floor in a heap.
Adjective or adverbial phrases consisting of a preposition and its object, with or without other words, may be called prepositional phrases.
CLAUSES—COMPOUND AND COMPLEX SENTENCES
43. Phrases must be carefully distinguished from clauses. The difference is that a clause contains a subject and a predicate and a phrase does not.
44. A clause is a group of words that forms part of a sentence and that contains a subject and a predicate.
- The lightning flashed | and | the thunder roared.
- The train started | when the bell rang.