Confunsion between clause and phrase
I learned that a clause needs a subject and a verb to be considered this way .Futhermore, discovered that a phrase doesnt have a subject neither a verb (so it cant be a clause). Then, i was said that a phrase is a non-finite clause (what?)and have a subject coming from the matrix(independent clause which it is dependent from) and has a non-finite verb. wait what?????? i learned one thing ,then they say the oposite : it doesnt have a subject ,no it has one ,i doenst have a verb oww no it has a verb, its not a clause ,no it is a clause .Man i am sooo confused .So pls can someone help me?
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What you said in a nut shell is true. A phrase is often a non-finite clause which is used to add additional meaning to the main clause. It can't exist by itself.
- What you said in a nut shell is true.
- A phrase is often a non-finite clause which is used to add additional meaning to the main clause.
- It can't exist by itself.
- Mary has been volunteering her time in the community church, teaching new immigrants English and helping them find jobs.
- The green portion is the main clause.
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What you said in a nut shell is true. A phrase is often a non-finite clause which is used to add additional meaning to the main clause. It can't exist by itself.
Mary has been volunteering her time in the community church, teaching new immigrants English and helping them find jobs.
0Hi123;
The reason you have conflicts is because there are different systems of grammar which use different terminology and definitions.
In traditional grammar, there was no such thing as a non-finite clause. So there were infinitive phrases, participial phrases, and adverbial phrases. These phrases could contain verb forms. Semantic units were clauses (with an infle
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