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A grouping of words that acts like a single unit inside a sentence but that does not contain both a subject and a verb is called a(n)

A. clause.
B. phrase.
C. apostrophe.
D. compound sentence.

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The answer is letter B-- phrase.

A phrase referes to a group of words that act as one
unit or a single part of speech in a sentence. It doesn't have both a subject and a verb, yet it acts as either a subject or a verb. It's a part of a sentence which doesn't express a complete thought.

For example:

The beautiful house down the road is owned by my teacher.

The noun phrase is-- The beautiful house down the road
The verb phrase is-- owned by my teacher

These are the phrases of these sentences which cannot stand alone.


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