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[LUCIA VILAÇA]

What's "nominal group" in English grammar?

[donay mendonça]

Lúcia,

In language, a nominal group typically comprises a noun surrounded by other items (words) that all in some way characterise that noun. Within a clause, a nominal group functions as though it is that noun, which is referred to as the head; the items preceding the head are called the premodifiers, and the items after it the postmodifiers.(Wikipedia)

Em um idioma,um "nominal group" trata-se de um substantivo entre complementos(palavras) que, todas, de alguma forma caracterizam esse substantivo.Dentro de uma oração,um "nominal group" funciona como se fosse aquele substantivo,que é tratado como o principal,os complementos que o precedem são chamados de "premodifiers" e os que vem depois "postmodifiers".

Boa sorte!

[maryziller]

"Those five beautiful shiny Jonathan apples sitting on the chair" would be a nominal group. You can break it down into premodifiers and postmodifiers

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominal_group_%28language%29