Clause

A clause is a group of words consisting of a subject and a predicate, although, in non-finite clauses, the subject is often not explicitly given. A clause is either a whole sentence or, in effect a sentence-within-a-sentence.

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• I didn't know that the dog ran through the yard.
• through the yard is not a clause, but a phrase, since it has no subject or verb.
• the dog ran through the yard is a clause; it is a whole sentence contained within a larger sentence.
Clause: Independent and dependent clauses ►



 

Subject: See subject (grammar) for the linguistic definition of subject.In politics a subject is a person who is subordinate to the rule of a monarch or state. Compare with citizen.In philosophy, a subject is a being which has experiences or a relationship with another entity (or "object"). Hence the word s...

Predicate: In mathematics, a predicate is a relation.Predicate is a fundamental concept in first-order logic.In grammar a predicate is one of the two constituent parts of a sentence.In computer programming, a predicate is an operator or function which returns a Boolean value, true or false.In Resource Descript...

Non-finite clauses: REDIRECT Non-finite clause...




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