Noun Cluster

DEFINITION "Noun" is the sentence element representing people, animals, things, abstract notions, and groups of each. In a sentence, nouns execute and suffer the actions/states expressed by the verbs, and they may... Nouns are principal sentence elements.

The meaning starts with the noun, therefore it makes sense to present the noun first, then the sentence elements in the "noun cluster", then the verb, the adverb, and the remaining independent sentence elements. That represents "a logic structure". Since the verb is the most difficult sentence element, it requires all knowledge about grammatical categories of "person", "case", "number", and "gender"--which are best defined for nouns and pronouns.

RULE
We do not change the meaning to accommodate grammatical form; we use the appropriate grammatical form which explains the meaning best.

A. Noun Cluster
1. Modifier (number, determiner) + Headword ex: many problems, five programs 2. Modifier (article, adjective, noun) + Headword ex: word processing, these desktops, fuzzy logic Indonesia: A B C D (headword: A) English: D C B A (headword: A)

B. Preposition Group (P-Group)

is used as modifier for the headword that preceding it. Headword + P-Group (prep+ noun cluster) Ex:

1. The construction of the bi building 2. The relationship of symbols and sounds

Recognizing NC

Noun clusters usually begin with "a," "an," or "the" followed by a noun and its cluster of modifying words. They appear, usually, just before or just after a noun, which they are renaming. They are closely related to relative clauses, but they do not have relative pronouns like "who" or "which" at the beginning, and they do not have verbs.

Find noun cluster,, underline the headword

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Mathematics is an important subject for an engineer Everything about computer is based upon the binary process A scanner converts text or picture into electronic codes The results of the experiments prove the law Printing is the final stage in creating a document

KINDS OF ADJETIVE
The functions of adjective: To describe something, we usually use descriptive adjective The followings are the words which can be used to describe or modify nouns, they can be classified as the following: Opinion/quality : Good, clever, attractive, beautiful etc. Size : Small, big, short, etc. Age/temperature : New, old, ancient, modern etc. Shape : Round, square, cubical etc. Color : Red, yellow, brown etc. Original : Japanese, French, American, etc. Material : Golden, metal, plastic etc. Purpose : Scientific.

If there are more than one adjective to describe something, we usually use correctly order as the following.
Determine Size/ Opinion r length
A / An The Etc Good Nice Useful Long Short Big

Age/ heat
New Old Hot Modern Ancient

Shape

Color

Original Material Purpose Japanes Cotton e Iron French Metal

Noun

Round Red Square Blue Cubical White

Scientific Clothe s Book Fan

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Thousands of Padang commuters reached their destinations on foot on Tuesday as the citys public transportations system was paralyzed by a public minivan driver strike

Actually the government had offered the subway project to private investors, including foreign investors, but it failed to attract any interest as the government did not offer meaningful incentives.