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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

differenciate between a clause and phrase with emphasis
  

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A clause is a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence. eg . He bought the library which belongs to his uncle.

  • A clause is a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
  • eg .
  • He bought the library which belongs to his uncle.
  • The fact , that he is silent, proves his guilt.
  • Phrase is a group of words, which make sense, but not complete sense eg.
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A clause is a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.

eg . He bought the library
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JhumjhumPhrase is a group of words, which make sense, but not complete senseeg. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wallShow me how to do it
Generally, your definitions are OK, but "how to do it" is a subjectless subordinate clause, not a phrase, in your example.

BillJ

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