clause

=**Clause**=

Pronunciation: 'kloz

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A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent, or main, clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent, or subordinate clause, cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent clause. The point that you want to consider is the question of what or why the author subordinates one element should also become aware of making effective use of subordination in your own writing.

1. Grammar A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.

2. A distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document.

__Subject__ + //Verb// = Complete thought

Examples: 1. "__Lord Voldemort__ //killed// my parents." - **Lord Voldemort is the subject, and the verb is killed.**

2. "His __hands__ had been //infected//, and soon it would be his arms . . . His hands were ravenous."- Fahrenheit 451 -**The subject in this sentence is hand, and the verb is infected.**

3. "__I__ tend to //sweat// heavily in warm climates. My clothes are soaking wet from dawn to dusk. This worried me at first, but when __I__ //went// to a doctor and described by normal daily intake of booze, drugs and poison he told be me to come back when the __sweating__ //stopped." -// Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson -**Hunter S. Thomson (I) is the verb, and the action is sweat.**

"All posters.com." Santa Clause 2. 1998. All posters.com. 26 Sep 2007 <[|http://www.allposters.com/-sp/The-Santa-Clause-2-Posters_i338615_.htm>.]

Attributions:

"Merriam-webster." merriam -webster: clause. 2007. merriam-webster Inc. 26 Sep 2007 <[|http://www.merriam-webster.com/>.]

" Fahrenheit 451 ." SparkNotes. 2006. SparkNotes LLC. 26 Sep 2007 <[|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/451/quotes.html>.]

"All posters.com." Santa Clause 2. 1998. All posters.com. 26 Sep 2007 <[|http://www.allposters.com/-sp/The-Santa-Clause-2-Posters_i338615_.htm>.]

"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (novel)." Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (novel). 23 September 2007. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 26 Sep 2007 <[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_and_Loathing_in_Las_Vegas>.]"

"Clause." dictionary.com. 2007. Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. 26 Sep 2007 .

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