The = d e te rm in e r / recent = adjective / increase = noun / in female graduates = prepositional
phrase / who have studied technical subjects = relative clause
Noun phrases can contain one, some or a ll of these parts.
It is im po rta n t to notice where the noun phrase begins and ends in a sentence to help you
understand what the sentence means. The way to do this is to find the verb in the sentence;
everything before the verb is the subject noun phrase and everything that comes a fte r the verb is
the object noun phrase.
The recent increase in fem ale graduates who have studied technical subjects has changed the
m odern job m arket.
(noun phrase & subject) + (verb in the sin g u la r form because it agrees w ith increase) + (noun
phrase & object]
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