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Omar Ahmed Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
A puzzling question
I studied relative clauses.
Does the word 'clause' mean a sentence?
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No, but often a clause is a sentence. [1] She was ill. [2] He heard [ she was ill ] .
- No, but often a clause is a sentence.
- [1] She was ill.
- [2] He heard [ she was ill ] .
- In [1] "She was ill" is both a clause and a sentence.
- It's called a main clause.
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No, but often a clause is a sentence.
[1] She was ill.
[2] He heard [she was ill].
In [1] "She was ill" is both a clause and a sentence. It's called a main clause.
But in [2] the same expression "she was ill" is a clause, but it's not a sentence -- it's just part of one.
We generally talk of sentences as beg
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