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** a ''phrase'' = a part of a sentence that has only a verb or a noun, but not both | ** a ''phrase'' = a part of a sentence that has only a verb or a noun, but not both | ||
*** note: Santa is not a clause | *** note: Santa is not a clause | ||
* Sources: | |||
** [https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/grammar/phrases-clauses-and-sentences/types-of-clauses Types of Clauses (cliffnotes.com)] | |||
=== Independent clause === | === Independent clause === | ||
* "'''Independent Clause'''" (IC) | * "'''Independent Clause'''" (IC) | ||
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* = a dependent clause that contains a subject-verb, but provides additional information and is not a complete sentence of thought by itself | * = a dependent clause that contains a subject-verb, but provides additional information and is not a complete sentence of thought by itself | ||
* the "subject" of the clause is a pronoun (thus "relative," as pronouns relate to a noun) | * the "subject" of the clause is a pronoun (thus "relative," as pronouns relate to a noun) | ||
* relative clauses are introduced by a relative pronoun (see table) | |||
* relative clauses can be either restrictive or non-restrictive, per below: | * relative clauses can be either restrictive or non-restrictive, per below: | ||
* Sources: | * Sources: | ||
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*** vs. "Glue, that sticks to both my fingers and the paper, is a pain" | *** vs. "Glue, that sticks to both my fingers and the paper, is a pain" | ||
**** since the parenthetical phrase is "non-defining" (can be removed), that would leave us with only "Glue is a pain" which lacks the defining information as to what type of glue is a pain, the kind "that sticks to both my fingers and the paper" | **** since the parenthetical phrase is "non-defining" (can be removed), that would leave us with only "Glue is a pain" which lacks the defining information as to what type of glue is a pain, the kind "that sticks to both my fingers and the paper" | ||
* note: ''because'' does not introduce a restrictive (or non-restrictive) clause because it is a subordinating conjunction | * note: ''because'' does not introduce a restrictive (or non-restrictive) clause because it is a subordinating conjunction and not a relative pronoun | ||
=== Noun clause === | |||
* = a clause that functions as a thing or idea (nouns) | |||
** ex.: "What I love to eat the most is steak" | |||
*** ""What I love to eat the most" = a clause that operates as the subject to the verb "is" | |||
=== Adverbial clause === | |||
* = subordinate clause created by a subordinating conjunction and adding information to the action of a sentence | |||
* adverbial clauses define or add information as to ''how, how much, when, where, why'' | |||
=== Mon-restrictive relative clause == | === Mon-restrictive relative clause == | ||