"What Is a Phrase in Grammar?": Oregon State Guide to Grammar
Channel: OSU School of Writing, Literature and Film
Date: 13/10/2021

In this video, we explain how to identify a phrase by recognizing its “cohesion without completeness.” We describe types of phrases, functions of phrases, and the way phrases can work together to form clauses, illustrating it all with entertaining examples. Written by Senior Lecturer J.T. Bushnell and performed by Graduate Teaching Assistance Carlee Baker, it is designed for high school and college students studying grammar or linguistics.

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Below are a few more videos in this series. If there are topics you'd like to see us cover in the future, please let us know in the comments!

"What Is Grammar?": https://youtu.be/vZjNznvqgEs 
"What Is a Noun?": https://youtu.be/0KxMjVcyS8M 
"What Is a Verb?": https://youtu.be/u9zegJ84mYI 
"What Is a Subject?": https://youtu.be/Kp65wGtoVF0 
"What Is a Predicate?": https://youtu.be/MniZqFm-pe0 
“What Is a Clause?”: https://youtu.be/_Qxq-S0DQrw 
“When to Use Commas”: https://youtu.be/UWlVVlSYcTg 
“When NOT to Use Commas”: https://youtu.be/boQahPvFOLo 
“What Is the Oxford Comma (And Is It Really Optional)?”: https://youtu.be/yXJIkAOKxzU 
"What Is Passive Voice?": https://youtu.be/ppBq_Ulrq3w 
"What Is Parallelism?": https://youtu.be/UUaXS3k68kY 
"What Is Gender-Neutral Language?": https://youtu.be/lyPtjrEIgEw 
“What Are Dialects?”: https://youtu.be/TXtMB1vwVaM 
“What Is Code-Meshing?”: https://youtu.be/FwFZ7FRcDJU
“What Is Singular They?”: https://youtu.be/jCkNtwSHNHk
“How to Use a Semicolon”: https://youtu.be/ZtyjVCdHFHU
“How to Use a Colon”: https://youtu.be/YkLtn5W9buY
“How to Use Apostrophes”: https://youtu.be/txSzXat3GM0
“What Is a Comma Splice?”: https://youtu.be/OTcvMKXEIus
“What Is Syntax?”: https://youtu.be/DrqILBzGZVE
"What Is Mood in Grammar?": https://youtu.be/s7-5-DtJf5E
"What Is (AND ISN'T) Standard Written English?": https://youtu.be/IVIK6PS8NEg