considerable influence on younger sculptorsa, strong influence on each other's activities, influence on policymakers

[GoldfishLord]

• influence on somebody/something He had considerable influence on younger sculptors.
• Peer group members can exert a strong influence on each other's activities.
• Such media pressure exercises influence on policymakers.

Source: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/influence_1?q=Influence

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Are "considerable influence on younger sculptors" and "a strong influence on each other's activities" and "influence on policymakers" noun phrases?

 

[jutfrank]

What are you trying to do exactly? Why are you asking this?

 

[emsr2d2]

If you're trying to parse a sentence, you should post in the "Analysing and diagramming sentences" sub-forum.

 

[Tarheel]

@GoldfishLord
Offhand I would say they are all noun phrases. Does that help you understand the sentences better?

 

[GoldfishLord]

What are you trying to do exactly? Why are you asking this?

I am just trying to understand further the structures of sentences.

 

[GoldfishLord]

What are you trying to do exactly? Why are you asking this?

• Did you put sugar in my coffee?

Native English speakers don't see "sugar in my coffee" as a noun phrase.

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• Such media pressure exercises influence on policymakers.

So I wonder if native English speakers also don't see "influence on policymakers" as a noun phrase.

 

[jutfrank]

Such media pressure exercises influence on policy makers.

I'm not entirely sure what this sentence is supposed to mean but I'm quite sure influence on policy makers is not meant to be a noun phrase.

exercises - verb
influence - object (noun phrase)
on policy makers - adjunct (preposition phrase)

It doesn't matter what native speakers think if you're asking a question about syntax. You need to ask someone who knows sentence analysis, so in future, put questions like this in the "Analysing and diagramming sentences" sub-forum, as you were told in post #3. Thank you.

 

[GoldfishLord]

Such media pressure exercises influence on policy makers.

I'm not entirely sure what this sentence is supposed to mean but I'm quite sure influence on policy makers is not meant to be a noun phrase.

exercises - verb
influence - object (noun phrase)
on policy makers - adjunct (preposition phrase)

It doesn't matter what native speakers think if you're asking a question about syntax. You need to ask someone who knows sentence analysis, so in future, put questions like this in the "Analysing and diagramming sentences" sub-forum, as you were told in post #3. Thank you.

Ok. I'll keep that in mind.

• influence on somebody/something He had considerable influence on younger sculptors.

Is "considerable influence on younger sculptors" also not meant to be a noun phrase?

 

[Tarheel]

*He had considerable influence on younger sculptors.*

Is the meaning clear?

 

[jutfrank]

considerable influence

Can you feel that these words go together? That's because they comprise a noun phrase, which says what he had.

on younger sculptors

Can you feel that these words also go together? They also comprise a preposition phrase, which says whom he had the influence on.

influence on somebody/something

I see why you might be confused. Analyse it like this:

to have + 'influence' phrase + on something/somebody