Clause?? What is that?
A clause is a group of related words that contains subject and a verb/predicate (and usually other components too). A clause may form part of a sentence or it may be a complete sentence in itself. Clauses are different from a phrase because phrase do not have a subject-verb relationship.
Clauses are categorized into main/independent and subordinate/dependent clauses.
1. Main/independent clauses
A main clause—sometimes called an independent clause—must contain a subject and a verbas well as express a complete thought.
2. Subordinate/dependent clauses
A subordinate clause—also called a dependent clause—will begin with a subordinate conjunction or a relative pronoun and will contain both a subject and a verb. This combination of words will not form a complete sentence. It will instead make a reader want additional information to finish the thought.
example:
1. I know what he wants.
2. You must read if you want to learn.
3. I don't know why they went out.
4. The book that you saw is mine.
yellow= main/independent clause
blue= subordinate/dependent clause
bold= subordinate
So can you distinguish between main and subordinate clauses?
Try to do online exercises here.
Good luck!!
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