Clause A grammatical construction that expresses the relationship between processes, participants and circumstances in actions, states or events. Clauses are constituents of sentences. Most typically, a clause consists of a subject (s), a verb (v), and any other required elements such as an object (o), a predicative complement (c), or an adjunct (a):
S V C
She | is | a friend of mine.
S V O A
I | will post | the letter| today.
The basic types of clause are declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamative.
An embedded clause functions as a constituent phrase in a larger unit. For example, it may be a relative clause (The points that I’m talking about are similar.), or a nominal clause (Building your own house is cheaper.).
Phrase A word or group of words which form grammatical units such as noun phrase, verb phrase or adjective phrase. Phrases are the constituents of clauses.: the man over there
Sentence The largest independent unit of grammar. It consists of at least one main clause. In writing, sentence boundaries are defined by an initial capital letter and a full stop, an exclamation mark or a question mark at the end. Sentences are composed of clauses.
Comments
Clause:
independent: I ate dinner.
dependent: After I ate dinner
Phrase:
The house at the end of the street [acts as noun]
Fragment.
A cat.
Sentence:
The people living in the house at the end of the street owned a cat.
Clause A grammatical construction that expresses the relationship between processes, participants and circumstances in actions, states or events. Clauses are constituents of sentences. Most typically, a clause consists of a subject (s), a verb (v), and any other required elements such as an object (o), a predicative complement (c), or an adjunct (a):
S V C
She | is | a friend of mine.
S V O A
I | will post | the letter| today.
The basic types of clause are declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamative.
An embedded clause functions as a constituent phrase in a larger unit. For example, it may be a relative clause (The points that I’m talking about are similar.), or a nominal clause (Building your own house is cheaper.).
Phrase A word or group of words which form grammatical units such as noun phrase, verb phrase or adjective phrase. Phrases are the constituents of clauses.: the man over there
Sentence The largest independent unit of grammar. It consists of at least one main clause. In writing, sentence boundaries are defined by an initial capital letter and a full stop, an exclamation mark or a question mark at the end. Sentences are composed of clauses.