CLAUSES Seminar paper Contents: 1. Introduction 3 2. Independent clauses 3 2.1 Declarative clauses 4 2.2 Interrogative clauses 4 2.3 Exclamative clauses…………………………………………………………………………….. 6 2.4 Imperative clauses 6 2.5 Non-clausal material 7 3. Finite dependent clauses 7 3.1 Complement clauses 7 3.2 Adverbial clauses 8 3.3 Relative clauses 8 3.4 Comparative clauses 9 3.5 Peripheral clauses 9 4. Non-finite
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CLAUSE A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb. Some clauses are dependent: they can’t stand alone and need an independent clause‚ or sentence‚ to support them. These dependent clauses can be used in three ways: as adjectives‚ as adverbs and as nouns. This article focuses on noun clauses. NOUN CLAUSE A noun clause is a dependent clause that acts as a noun. Noun clauses most often begin with the subordinating conjunction that. Other words that may begin a noun clause are if
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ADJECTIVE CLAUSES/ Relative Clauses An adjective clause is a subordinate (dependent)` clause used as an adjective. Like single-word adjectives‚ adjective clauses describe and modify nouns. The following relative pronouns introduce adjective clauses. Who refers only to persons. The man is a police officer. He lives next door. The man who lives next door is a police officer. Whom is the objective form of who and refers only to persons. He is one police officer. I respect him very much
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Exemption Clause Each time a person travels on a bus‚ train or an airplane‚ buys a washing machine‚ computers‚ etc.‚ or deposits good in a railway locker or even going to a concert‚ he will receive a standard form contract. There are two kinds of standard form contracts which is business transactions and consumer transactions Business transaction is one that regulates dealings between people in business for example building contracts and etc. While consumer transaction is one which
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ADVERB CLAUSE 1. What do you know about adverbial clause? Adverb clause is a dependent clauses that consists of subject and verd as a unit which takes the place of an adverb in another clauses or pharses. It answers questions such as “when?”‚ “where?”‚ “why?”‚ “with whwt result?”‚ and “under what condition?”. It oftenly modifies verb in the sentences. 2. Mention the kinds of adverb clause! There are some kinds of adverb clause‚ they are: kind of clause common conjunctions Function Example time
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Exercise on Relative Clauses (Contact clauses) 1 Relative clauses - defining or non-defining? Study the situations and then decide whether the following relative clauses are defining or non-defining. defining – no commas non-defining – commas 1. I have three brothers. [pic] My brother who lives in Sidney came to see me last month. [pic] My brother‚ who lives in Sidney‚ came to see me last month. 2. I have one sister. [pic] My sister who is 25 years old spent her holiday
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First Amendment‚ there are two clauses that can be applied to religion. The two clauses are the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. The Establishment Clause prohibits the establishment of a religion by Congress. Essentially‚ there will be no “official religion” forced upon the citizens. The Free Exercise Clause allows people to freely take part in any religion and partake in religious rituals. There are multiple cases where these First Amendment clauses are used in an official decision
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Mona Karimi Professor Estaji Adverbial Clauses An adverb clause modifies a verb. It contains a subject and a verb. As a dependent clause‚ it cannot stand alone and must connect to an independent or main clause to form a complete sentence. An adverb clause may come before or after the independent clause. When an adverb clause precedes an independent clause‚ a comma is used to separate the clauses. When the adverb comes after the independent clause‚ no comma is used. Adverbs indicate such things
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early American colonies‚ Congress initiated the First Amendment containing the “Establishment Clause” to protect religious freedom; “The Establishment Clause provides that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”29 Throughout the years‚ the Supreme Court has struggled to capture the precise meaning of this phrase.30 The Court has found that‚ at a minimum‚ the Establishment Clause must mean the following: Neither a state nor the Federal Government can set up a church. Neither
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adjective clause (also known as adjectival or relative clause) is a subordinate clause used to modify a noun or a pronoun in the main clause. An adjective clause will meet three requirements: * First‚ it will contain a subject and verb. * Next‚ it will begin with a relative pronoun [who‚ whom‚ whose‚that‚ or which] or a relative adverb [when‚ where‚ or why]. * Finally‚ it will function as an adjective‚ answering the questionsWhat kind? How many? or Which one? The adjective clause will follow
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