Hi It is a reduced relative clause. The pre-reduction sentence is 'A healthy meal which is available at many fast-food restaurants is a salad with low-fat dressing.' Reduced clauses of various types are quite common. Janet Castilleja Heritage University ________________________________ From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on behalf of Peter Adams Sent: Sat 11/17/2007 7:00 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Instruction versus learning I agree with Kathleen, but some of my colleagues are arguing that it is a reduced relative clause. Does anyone agree with them? Peter On Nov 17, 2007, at 12:03 AM, Kathleen M. Ward wrote: I think that it's just an adjective phrase, modified with a prepositional phrase. Adjective phrases that are postmodified follow the noun rather than preceding it. There are lots of examples. Kathleen Ward UC Davis On Nov 16, 2007, at 8:52 PM, Peter Adams wrote: Could someone help me analyze this sentence: A healthy meal available at many fast-food restaurants is a salad with low-fat dressing. What is the underlined phrase? Thanks. Peter Adams = To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org <http://ateg.org/> / To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org <http://ateg.org/> / = To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/