the clause (kinds of clauses)

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THE CLAUSE (KINDS OF CLAUSES)
- A clause is a group of related words containing a subject and a predicate
For example: He laughed
- A clause refers to a group of related words (within a sentence or itself as an independent sentence) which has both subject and predicate.
For example: I will met him in office (“I” as a subject, “will meet him” as a predicate, and “in office” as a phrase).
- A clause may stand as a simple sentence or may join another clause to make a sentence. Therefore, a sentence consists of one, two or more clauses.

#KINDS OF CLAUSES#
- Clauses are divided into main clause (also called independent clause) and subordinate clauses (also called dependent clause).
  1).Main or Independent clause
       Main or independent clause is a clause that expresses a complete thought and can        stand as a sentence.
         Example: I met the boy  who had helped me
                          The teacher asked a question but no one answered
              in the above sentences expresses complete though and can stand as a sentence that is why a main or an independent clause is normally referred as a simple sentence.
   2).Subordinate or independent clause
         -.Subordinate (dependent) clause is a clause which does not express complete thought     and depends on another clause (main clause) to express complete thought.
         - Subordinate clause does not express complete idea and can’t stand as a sentence. A      sentence having a subordinate clause must have a main clause.
             Example: he likes Chinese rice which tastes good
 I met the boy who had helped me
                In above sentences are a subordinate clauses because it does not express    complete though and can’t stand as a sentence. It depends on main clause (he likes Chinese rice) to express complete thought.
          - Subordinate (dependent) clauses are further divided into three types those are:
              1). Noun clause
                    A noun clause performs same function like a noun in a sentence.
                    Example: what he did made a problem for his family
            In above sentence the clause “what he did” function as a noun, hence it is a     noun clause. A noun clause works as a noun that acts as a subject, object, or predicate in a sentence. A noun clause starts with words “that, what, whatever, who, whom, whoever, whomever.
Example: whatever you learn will help you in future
               2). Adjective clause
                      An adjective clause works like adjective in a sentence. The function of an      adjective is to modify (describe) a noun or a pronoun. Similarly a noun clause modifies a noun or a pronoun.
Example: he wears a shirt which looks nice
             The clause “which looks nice” in above sentence is an adjective clause because it modifies noun “shirt” in the sentence. An adjective clause always precedes the noun it modifiers.
Example: an apple that smells bad is rotten
           Adjective clause begins with relative pronoun (that, who, whom, whose, which, or whose).
         .          Adjective (relative) clause can be restrictive clause or nonrestrictive clause
                  - A restrictive clause limits the meaning of preceding noun or pronoun
           .        Example: the student in the class who studied a lot passed the test
                  - A nonrestrictive clause tells us something about preceding noun or pronoun but   does not limit the meaning of preceding noun or pronoun
                    Example: the student in the class who attended all the lectures, passed the test
         .     3).  Adverb clause
                        An adverb clause like an adverb modifies a verb, adjective clause or other   adverb clause in a sentence. It modifies (describes) the situation in main clause in term of  “time”, frequency (how often), cause and effect, contrast, condition, intensity (to what extent).
                   .          The subordinating conjunctions used for adverb clauses are as follows:
                    - Time: when, whenever, since, until, before, after,etc
                    - Cause and effect: because, since, now that, as long as
                    - Contrast: although, even, whereas, while, though
                    - Condition: if, unless, only if, whether or not, efen if, etc
                    Example: don’t go before he comes

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