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Information about the noun can be before the noun or after the noun.
Information that comes before the noun in a noun phrase is usually expressed through:
• Determiners
a rich habitat
• Prepositional phrases:
an abundance of creatures
• To-infinitive clauses:
a decision to expand
Of is the most common preposition used in prepositional noun phrases. It is used after nouns
of quantity or containers:
Prepositional phrases containing with often express the same information as a relative clause
with the main verb have:
harbor sites with submerged rubbish (= harbor sites which have submerged rubbish)
all of the rubbish contained in the harbor (= rubbish which is contained in the harbor)
the other debris lying on the sea floor (= the other debris which is lying on the sea floor)
time to go
a way to look at it
Nouns followed by the to-infinitive are related to verbs also followed by the to-infinitive (e.g.
decide/decision; plan/plan):
Examples: