The phrase "adding a phrase" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of including additional text or information in a sentence or statement.
Example: "In order to clarify my point, I am adding a phrase to my original statement."
Alternatives: "including a statement" or "inserting a clause".
"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.
The occasion was the 25th anniversary of the publication of "Catch-22," the novel that captured the insanity of war and the human condition while adding a phrase to the English language.
Last week, Warner asked Berg to consider adding a phrase like "accounting and professional services" to her firm's name.
Adding a phrase like "Los Angeles" or "Culver City" to "Workout pants" may make it a highly specialized and valuable long tail keyword.
1680 (emphasis added), a phrase that grants the Administrator considerable discretionary standard-setting authority.
I still do, but now I am tempted to add a phrase.
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.
"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.
Although Mr. Gatti favored leaving the monument with no plaque, he recommended deleting three words from the current version: "and 150,000 dead". The commission agreed, and also added a phrase attributing the decline of the Indian population to European contact, taking the onus off the church.
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.
