We are concluding our discussion on phrases, clauses and sentences today. In the last two classes, we compared the three, underlining how a sentence is usually a combination of clauses and phrases. We ...

These are called coordinate clauses. But some clauses are subordinate to others, like “Because I enjoy watching television, I rarely go to the movies.” In this sentence, the part before the ...

A dependent clause cannot stand alone, though they often contain both a subject and a verb. Where independent clauses express complete thoughts, dependent clauses do not, and left on their own, ...