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. PHRASES WITHIN PHRASES 
 
 
 
 Houses are unbelievably expensive now. 
Houses – noun phrase 
Are unbelievably expensive now – verb phrase 
Unbelievably expensive = adjective phrase (the head is EXPENSIVE) 
Inside this phrase, there is a pre-Head string [unbelievably], which is an adverb phrase. 
Just now – adverb phrase. (the head is now) 
Inside this phrase, there is a pre-Head string [just], which is an adverb phrase. 
[NP houses +VP are + AP [AdvP unbelievably] expensive + AdvP now] 
Sometimes, the adjective is in a prepositional phrase [PP]. 
 The boy from the shop is waiting at the corner 
from the shop: The head of this prepositional phrase is the preposition from. The 
function of the phrase is adjectival - it does the work of an adjective by describing the 
noun boy. It modifies the noun, answering the question: which boy? 
Adjectival prepositional phrases, like adjectives, modify nouns: for example, they tell 
you which boy: 
 The boy in a hurry is waiting over there. 
In a hurry = prepositional phrases (the function is adjectival) 
 
 The boy at the station told me. 
At the station = prepositional phrases (the function is adjectival) 
 
 The boy with red hair is called Ginger. 
With red hair = prepositional phrases (the function is adjectival)