Learn to Identify Clauses - Clause vs Phrase - Easy English Grammar

www.EnglishGrammarHelp.com  - CLAUSES verses PHRASES - CLAUSES are easy to understand if you remember one simple rule: a CLAUSE contains BOTH a SUBJECT and a VERB, but a PHRASE contains either a SUBJECT or a VERB but not both.   A CLAUSE can be either an independent clause or dependent clause.  An independent clause is a clause that makes sense because it expresses a complete thought.   Independent clauses can stand alone.   Independent clauses can be sentences if they begin with a capital letter and end with some type of terminal or end punctuation: a period, question mark, or exclamation mark.   Dependent clauses contain a subject and a verb but they do not express a complete thought and are used to modify an independent clause.   Dependent clauses are joined to independent clauses by a subordinate conjunction, words like because, since, if, and although.   A dependent clause will be an adjective clause or an adverb clause because it functions as a modifier in a sentence.    Know how to identify a CLAUSE and distinguish it from a PHRASE.  

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