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== What a clause is and is not == | == What a clause is and is not == | ||
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!Description | |||
!Grammatical unit | |||
!Is a clause | |||
!Is not a clause | |||
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|a grammatically complete thought | |||
|Sentence | |||
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|'''X''' | |||
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|a grammatically complete though | |||
that is part of a larger sentence | |||
|independent clause | |||
|'''Y''' | |||
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|a part of a sentence that contains | |||
a subject & a verb but is not a complete | |||
thought | |||
|dependent clause | |||
|'''Y''' | |||
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|a part of a sentence that contains two | |||
or more words but does not have | |||
both a subject & verb | |||
|phrase | |||
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|'''X''' | |||
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