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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Are these group of words a clause or a phrase?

" I'm not tired "

I know a clause must contain a subject and a predicate. And I know a phrase can't make sense by itself.

I'm having trouble defining this group of words, any help please?
  

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Anonymous " I'm not tired " I know a clause must contain a subject and a predicate. And I know a phrase can't make sense by itself. I'm having trouble defining this group of words, any help please?

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  • Anonymous " I'm not tired " I know a clause must contain a subject and a predicate.
  • And I know a phrase can't make sense by itself.
  • I'm having trouble defining this group of words, any help please?
  • My take is, the subject is "I", and the linking verb "am" connects the phrase "not tired" which is the predicate.
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Anonymous
" I'm not tired "

I know a clause must contain a subject and a predicate. And I know a phrase can't make sense by itself.

I'm having trouble defining this group of words, any help please?

My take is, the subject is "I", and the linking verb "am" connects the phrase "not tired" which is the predicate.
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Thankyou. So it would be an independant clause, right?
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By definition, yes, I would say so. It's a complete sentence composed of a subject, a verb and an adjective.
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