Noun Phrase – Example and Explanation

• Example Sentence:
  To think critically improves problem-solving.

  • Underlined part: To think critically

  • Function: Noun phrase

• Explanation:

  • To think critically is an infinitive phrase functioning as the subject of the sentence → acts as a noun

  • Therefore, it is a noun phrase

• Noun Phrase Overview:

  • A phrase that functions as a noun in a sentence

  • Can act as:

    • Subject of a verb

    • Object of a verb

    • Object of a preposition

    • Subject complement

    • Object complement

• More Examples:

  • Swimming in the river is dangerous.

  • To walk in the morning is a good exercise.

• Source: A Passage to the English Language by S.M. Zakir Hussain

Detrimental (Adjective)

সংজ্ঞা:

• English: Causing or capable of causing harm

• Bangla: ক্ষতিকর

ব্যবহার:

• Detrimental-এর পরে সাধারণত preposition "to" বসে।

উদাহরণ বাক্য:

1. His negative attitude is detrimental to team spirit. ✅

2. Laziness is detrimental to success.

3. Excessive screen time can be detrimental to children's eyesight.

4. Pollution is highly detrimental to the environment.

  Source: Merriam & Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary

Hamlet’s Soliloquies

• Hamlet delivers seven soliloquies in the play:

  1. O that this too too sullied flesh would melt

  2. O all you host of heaven

  3. O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I

  4. To be, or not to be

  5. 'Tis given out that, sleeping, I was murdered

  6. Now might I do it pat

  7. How all occasions do inform against me

• These soliloquies reveal:

  • Hamlet’s inner thoughts

  • His emotional state

  • His evolving understanding of his situation