A phrase is a group of closely related words that is missing a subject or a verb. It is usually a prepositional phrase.
For example:
A clause is a closely related group of words that contains a subject AND a verb. For example:
The Difference between an Independent
and a Dependent Clause *A clause is an independent clause when it can survive on its own as a sentence as an idea fully expressed or a completed thought. For example:
*A dependent clause needs another clause to "complete the thought" and complete the sentence. For example:
Here are the two big rules on clauses and comma usage:
For example:
NOTE: It is usually better to put the independent clause first because it has the most important information in the sentence. If you have two independent clauses--and you want to have one sentence--you must combine these sentences using a comma with a conjunction, a semi-colon, or a long dash (double dash). HTML Comment Box is loading comments...
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