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In linguistics, a noun phrase is a phrase whose head is a noun.

For example, in the sentence Most young people in England have been to school, most young people in England is a noun phrase.

A noun phrase can be a single word: in See Jane run, Jane could be described as a noun phrase.

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-In [[linguistics]], a '''noun phrase''' is the part of a [[clause]] that, while it may not be a single [[word]] that is a [[noun]], plays the part of a noun in that clause.
+In [[linguistics]], a '''noun phrase''' is a phrase whose [[head]] is a [[noun]].
-For example, in the sentence "Most young people in England have been to school", one noun phrase is [most young people in England]. Another is [most young people], and yet another is [people in England].
+For example, in the sentence ''Most young people in England have been to school'', ''most young people in England'' is a noun phrase.
-A noun phrase ''can'' be a single word: in "See Jane run", [Jane] could be described as a noun phrase.
+A noun phrase ''can'' be a single word: in ''See Jane run'', ''Jane'' could be described as a noun phrase.