The phrase "add a phrase" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when instructing someone to include an additional phrase in a text or conversation.
Example: "Please add a phrase to clarify your point in the report."
Alternatives: "include a phrase" or "insert a phrase".
I still do, but now I am tempted to add a phrase.
No government official in a democracy should be heard to say that the opinion of a member of the public is not "appropriate for consideration". It is legitimate to express concern about the Bill as a whole, and to say it shouldn't be passed, in any form, and that it's not enough just to change a word here and add a phrase there.
James R. Doolittle of Wisconsin objected that the citizenship provision would not be sufficiently narrow to exclude American Indians from citizenship, and in an attempt to address this issue, he proposed to add a phrase taken from the Civil Rights Act—"excluding Indians not taxed".
After stating the topic, add a phrase or additional sentence about why the topic and points you made were important.
If you add a phrase, put quotation marks around the phrase in order to make the phrase appear as a single tag.
If you will be seeing the guest again soon, you may add a phrase to your thank you note such as, "I can't wait to see you at your wedding next month".
1680 (emphasis added), a phrase that grants the Administrator considerable discretionary standard-setting authority.
Her epitaph might be "You get these passions in life!", and the title of her first book, The Wilder Shores of Love, has added a phrase to the English language.
Since then it has sold 10m copies in America alone, is one of the best-selling novels of the century, and has added a phrase to the language.
"The Brooklyn Bridges," he said, adding a phrase that rendered impossible the publication of his complete remarks but adequately conveyed his distaste for the whole matter.
"Whoever didn't understand will get it," he added, a phrase that is also the title of a forthcoming self-produced action film starring the Chechen leader, who has frequently been accused of human rights abuses.
