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Grammatical Sense: In grammar, a "phrase" refers to a group of words that come together to serve a specific grammatical function. For instance, a "noun phrase" consists of a noun and the words related to it. "The big red ball" is an example of a noun phrase where "The", "big", and "red" are all related to the central noun, "ball".
General Sense: In a broader sense, a "phrase" denotes a sequence of words that convey a particular subject or idea. In this sense, it refers simply to a succession of words, regardless of grammatical structure.
When I said, "The phrase 'I'm a little getting used to it' is not grammatically correct," I was using "phrase" in the second, general sense. ¤»¤» |
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