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Practical English Grammar


introducing clauses


A clause is a group of words that has both a subject and a verb. Any simple
sentence is a clause. Unlike phrases, clauses include both a subject and a verb.
The specific types of clauses are the following:
➲ A main or independent clause is a group of words that can stand
alone. ‘‘Jeremiah was a bullfrog’’ is such a clause.

➲ A subordinate or dependent clause is a group of words that
cannot stand alone. This clause needs to be accompanied by a main
or independent clause to make sense. In the sentence, ‘‘Moe went to
the department store after she finished her drawings,’’ the subordinate
or dependent clause is after she finished her drawings, and the main or
independent clause is Moe went to the department store.

The three types of subordinate or dependent clauses are these:

➲ The adverb clause is a group of words that functions as an adverb.
In the sentence, ‘‘While Nick was riding his bike, he saw his friends
walking along the street,’’ the adverb clause is While Nick was riding
his bike.

➲ The adjective clause is a group of words that functions as an adjective.
In the sentence, ‘‘Doris is the woman who designed the mural,’’ the
adjective clause who designed the mural describes the woman.

➲ The noun clause is a group of words that functions as a noun. In the
sentence, ‘‘This is what the doctor recommended to me,’’ the noun
clause is what the doctor recommended to me. The clause functions as a
predicate nominative.

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Notes


Practical English Grammar - Notes
1. compound subjects part two
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2. Quotation Marks Part Three
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3. Italics Hyphens and Brackets
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4. complete and simple subjects
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5. Sound a like words Part Four
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6. the adjective clause
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7. Commas Part Two
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8. Commas Part Four
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9. compound subjects part one
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10. the indirect object
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11. irregular verbs part two
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12. what good writers do
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13. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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14. the object of the preposition
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15. types of nouns
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16. reflexive demonstrative and interrogative pronouns
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17. the noun adjective pronoun question
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18. the adverb
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19. The nominative case
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20. Commas Part Three
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21. The Apostrophe
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22. The Colon
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23. Quotation Marks Part Two
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24. First Capitalization List
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25. subject verb agreement situations
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26. subject and verb agreement
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27. the correlative conjunction
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28. the subordinating conjunction
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29. the interjection
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30. Confusing usage words part five
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31. Quotation Marks Part One
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32. Second Capitalization List
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33. indefinite pronouns
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34. introducing phrases
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35. the verb phrase
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36. the prepositional phrase
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37. the adjective phrase
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38. the appositive
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39. the participle and participial phrase
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40. the infinitive and infinitive phrase
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41. the noun clause
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42. Confusing usage words part one
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43. Confusing usage words part two
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44. Confusing usage words part three
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45. Confusing usage words part six
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46. Confusing usage words part seven
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47. Active and passive voices
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48. Commas Part One
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49. The Semicolon
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50. agreement between indefinite pronouns and their antecedents
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