what is the important of verb prhases?

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sorry, what i want to say is... i really don't understand the verb phrases..
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General Definition


.In Transformational Generative Grammar (after Chomsky) which takes the sentence as the fundamental unit of analysis, the simplest sentence can be defined:
S=NV+VP (Sentence =Noun Phrase +Verb Phrase).

NV and VP can minimally each contain one item
e.g John(NP) talks(VP)
but obviously extra elements can be added as in
My brother John (NP) talks as though he can solve the economic crisis(VP)
Note that the last VP can itself contain nested NPs ( the economic crisis) governed by auxiliary verbs. Such nesting generates the tree diagrams familiar to transformational grammarians,

It may be that the term "verb phrase" is also used in other grammars in a similar manner to the above as a phrase dominated by a main verb.

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General Definition
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The part of a sentence containing the verb and any direct or indirect object, but not the subject


.In Transformational Generative Grammar (after Chomsky) which takes the sentence as the fundamental unit of analysis, the simplest sentence can be defined:
S=NP+VP (Sentence =Noun Phrase +Verb Phrase).

NP and VP can minimally each contain one item
e.g John(NP) talks(VP)
but obviously extra elements can be added as in
My brother John (NP) talks as though he can solve the economic crisis(VP)
Note that the last VP can itself contain nested NPs ( the economic crisis) governed by auxiliary verbs. Such nesting generates the tree diagrams familiar to transformational grammarians,

It may be that the term "verb phrase" is also used in other grammars in a similar manner to the above as a phrase dominated by a main verb.

https://files.ifi.uzh.ch/cl/volk/SyntaxVorl/Chomsky.html

Gawd. That was more confusing than the OPs question!

That's the joy of TGM !
(but follow the link)

Do you mean "phrasal verbs, Noe, like,

get up on; pick out; pal around; end up with; make it up to; make out ; zero in on; ... ?

yes, phrasal verbs ^_^

thanks fresco ^_^

yes, phrasal verbs ^_^



That's understandable, Noe. Reading grammar books can't provide the context necessary to gain an understanding of phrasal verbs. Some are easy because they are literal - 'get up on the chair/table'; 'pick out a pair of socks.

The best way to learn these yourself is to take them into your own life.

For example, the last one, above, "pick out".

Go to your own drawer and use English to describe what you will do

"I'm gonna pick out a pair of socks."

"I picked out a pair of socks.

put something back

"I'm gonna put back the pair of socks."

"I put back back the pair of socks." "I put the pair of socks back."

Here's an excellent source for you to gain an understanding of phrasal verbs, 3,227 of them.

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/

Read some, then try to incorporate/use them in your real life. Using language in context makes learning easy.

If you need any help on any of them, come back here and you'll get lots of help.

thanks JTT ^_^

Doi tashi mashite.

Is that what you were really looking for, Noe?