In phrase structure grammars such as generative grammar, the verb phrase is one headed by a verb. It may be composed of only a single verb, but typically it consists of combinations of main and auxiliary verbs, plus optional specifiers, complements (not including subject complements), and adjuncts.he third example presents three elements, the main verb gave, the noun Mary, and the noun phrase a book, all which comprise the verb phrase. Note, the verb phrase described here corresponds to the predicate of traditional grammar.
In Reply to: Origin of phrase waiting for the other shoe to drop posted by C Pfeil on October 26, 2001.
The reasoning behind the choice of name is unknown, but it could refer to âlandloaferâ meaning âwandererâ or âvagabondâ, or possibly to the farmyard term âcattle loafingâ as an early Esquire photoshoot for the shoes was taken in a field of cows.he word brogue is from Irish and Scots Gaelic brÅg, which simply meant a leg or foot covering. It was adopted in the English language in the early 20th Century, when it took on its present day meaning of a perforated, smart shoe. For more detailed origins of shoe names, head over to shoewawa.com.