Clauses

A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb.

Kinds of Clause

1. Independent clause

          An independent cluase contain a subject and a verb.It can stand by itself as a complete sentence.
example
                           The korean's visited philippines

2. Dependent clause

        An dependent clause contains a subject and a verbs It cannot,however,stand by itself as a complete sentence . It is only a part of a sentence.
example
                             Because the restroom was out of order

Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses

1.A restrictive clause
       It is one that adds information necessary to identify the subject or restrict it to a special case.
example
                              Many people watch the movie he wrote.

2.Nonrestrictive clause

       It is not essential to the meaning of the sentence and can be removed without changing the essential meaning of the sentence. It is set apart from the rest of the sentence by a comma.
example
            Meridith  is in love with  a man named john ,who has eyes as blue as the sky.

Relative Clauses

  1.   A relative clause
           is a dependent clause introduced by a relative pronoun. In can either be restrictive or nonrestrictive.

2.  Elliptical Clauses

      An elliptical clause is a clause that is missing either the subject or the verb or a relative pronoun.The missing parts are understood from the context.
example          Though old,her clothes still look new.

Adjective and Adverb Clauses

1.  An adjective clause

is a dependent clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun.
example
                        Aiza asked me to look for the magazines that she borrowed from gezille.

2.An adverb clause

         is a dependent clause that modifies a verb,an adjective,or an    adverb.
example
                          raquel was hungry because she did not eat breakfast.