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** [https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/grammar/phrases-clauses-and-sentences/types-of-clauses Types of Clauses (cliffnotes.com)] | ** [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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*** i.e. OBJECT VERB SUBJECT | *** i.e. OBJECT VERB SUBJECT | ||
** dominant /main clauses employ direct voice, i.e. SVO | ** dominant /main clauses employ direct voice, i.e. SVO | ||
=== 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'' | |||
=== Subordinate clause === | === Subordinate clause === | ||
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**** 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 and not a relative pronoun | * note: ''because'' does not introduce a restrictive (or non-restrictive) clause because it is a subordinating conjunction and not a relative pronoun | ||
=== Mon-restrictive relative clause == | === Mon-restrictive relative clause == | ||