Clauses
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Introduction
A group of words in a sentence, which contains a subject and a predicate(verb) within the group, is called a clause.
Example:
1. When I went to the hospital I met my school mate.
2. Today I have seen the film which was released yesterday.
3. This is my favorite colour which I prefer always to buy dresses.
In the above sentences there are two parts. In each part there is a subject and a predicate. In short a clause contains subject and a predicate. But both the phrase and a clause form part of a sentence.
We have already seen that a clause is a group of related words containing a subject and a predicate.
1.When I went to the hospital (one clause)
2. I met my school mate (One clause)
3. When I went to the hospital I met my school mate (two clause)
The sentence (1) as well as (2) there is a subject and a predicate and the clause stands as complete sentence.
Such clauses are called as main clauses. in sentence (3) there are two clauses.
When I went to the hospital is a clause and there is a subject and a predicate. The other clause in the sentence is I met my school mate.
The first noted clause does not stand independently as a sentence. But the second noted clause stands independently as a sentence.
As such the first noted clause is a subordinate clause and the second noted clause is a main clause.
Example 2
I went to the market where I purchased fruits.
I went to the market - Main clause.
Where I purchased fruits - Subordinate clause.
Subordinate clauses in a sentence are divided, on the basis of the functions as
1. Noun Clause.
2. Adjective Clause.
3. Adverb Clause.
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