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WORD GROUPS, words are united into free word-groups due to their…

- - - - 1) coordinative (day and night)
      - 2) subordinative (a rose garden)
  - - - 1) nominal: men, women, and children (N+N+N);
      - 2) verbal: laughed, cried, and shouted (V+V+V);
      - 3) adjectival: red, white, and blue (Adj.+Adj.+Adj.);
      - 4) adverbial: to and fro; pros and cons
      - 5) pronominal: he and she, you and me
      - 6) prepositional: and/or…, before/after (Prep.)
    - - 1) nominal: cute child; rich man; strong in power
      - 2) verbal: to grow up; to write slowly
      - 3) adjectival: kind to children; heavy for walk
      - 4) pronominal: each of us; all of you, one for each; without her
      - 5) statival: fast asleep; half ahead; almost alive
  - - - 1) coordinative (serial): bread and butter
      - 2) subordinative (attributive): fresh milk
  - - - STRUCTURAL
      - LEXICAL
  - - - a) V + N: deal a blow, bear a grudge
      - b) V + preposition + N: fall into disgrace, go into details
      - c) V + Adj: work hard, rain heavily
      - d) V + Adv: set free, make sure
      - e) Adj. + N: ready money, dead silence
      - f) N + V: options differ, tastes vary
      - g) N + preposition + N: flow of words, flash of hope
    - - Adj + preposition "at" + N: clever at social sciences
- - - - a) prepositional (function as adverbs and adjectives): by chance, by all means, out of order, all of a sudden
      - b) adjectival (possess stable epithets): hot blood / head / money, bitter cold / tears, sweet voice