CLAUSES (PART I)

 

CLAUSES

(PART I)

What is a clause?

A clause is a group of related words. It has a subject and verb combination and it has a complete meaning by itself. We can consider a simple sentence as a clause. For example, “He plays cricket regularly.”

Clauses are mainly divided into two parts based on their usage. They are:

Independent Clause and Dependent Clause.

Independent Clause:

An Independent Clause is actually a complete sentence by itself. It doesn’t need any other clause for its existence. For example, “You may sit.”

Dependent Clause:

A Dependent Clause has a subject and verb but it doesn’t have complete thought by itself and it depends on an independent/main clause to give complete meaning by itself. For example, “Wherever you like.”

Now, if we add the main clause/independent clause to this dependent clause, the sentence would become, “You may sit wherever you like.”

The Dependent Clause is mainly divided into three types. They are:

Noun clause

Adjective clause and

Adverb clause

 

AUTHOR

 Dr L Suresh 

Assistant Professor o English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore - 641020

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