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Clause - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In grammar, a clause is a pair or group of words that consist of a subject and a predicate, although in some languages and some types of clauses, the subject may not appear explicitly as a noun phra...
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Contract Clause - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Contract Clause appears in the United States Constitution, Article I, section 10, clause 1 . It states: The framers of the Constitution added this clause due to fear that states would continue...
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A subordinate clause is usually introduced by a subordinating element such as a subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun. It depends on the rest of the sentence for its meaning. It does not express a complete thought, so it does not stand alone.
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; Wednesday, OCT 21, 2009; 1:49 A.M. PARKING LOT A; Reporting party advised a pad for patio furniture had been placed in the back of his vehicle. They believed it had been placed in the wrong vehicle. THURSDAY, OCT. 22, 2009; ... Wed Nov 04; Clause Published...
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Clauses: the Essential Building-Blocks of English Sentences ... An independent clause, "She is older than her brother" (which could be its own sentence), can be turned into a dependent or subordinate clause when the same group of words begins with a dependent word (or a subordinating conjunction in this case):
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The Clause Hierarchy ... The clause I'd like coffee is a SUBORDINATE CLAUSE within the sentence I think I'd like coffee. We refer to this larger clause as the MATRIX CLAUSE: ... The matrix clause is not subordinate to any other, so it is, in fact, co-extensive with the sentence.
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