Minggu, 17 Maret 2013

Phrase, Clause, and Sentence


Phrase, Clause, and Sentence

A phrase : Two or more words that do not contain the subject – verb pair necessary to from a clause .
Example : With her love of shakespeare and knowledge of grammar, jasmine will someday be a great english teacher . (A great English teacher)
A clause : The smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition .
Example : Cola spilled over the glass and splashed onto the counter . (cola spilled and splashed)
A sentence : A grammatical unit that is syntactically independent and has a subject that is expressed or, as in imprative sentence, understood and a predicate that contains at least one finite verb .
Example : My family and i have a vocation in bogor every Sunday .

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