infinitive phrase

The infinitive phrase, also known as the infinitive clause, is a group of words that combines an infinitive verb and complements or objects, plus modifiers to the infinitive and to the [...]

absolute phrase

An absolute phrase is a noun phrase which modifies a sentence.  It adds more information to the sentence.  An absolute phrase refers to the group of words that accompanies an independent phrase. [...]

appositive phrase

The appositive phrase acts as a noun, a noun phrase, or a noun clause.  It appears next to another noun which it describes in a different way, and it is always separated by commas, and sometimes [...]

participial phrase

To understand what a participial phrase is we need to know what a participle is.  A participle is a verb which functions as an adjective. Participles come in two tenses – the present participle [...]