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What is a clause?

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A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.

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What are the two main types of clauses?

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Independent clauses and dependent (or subordinate) clauses.

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What is an independent clause?

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An independent clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence because it expresses a complete thought.

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What is a dependent clause?

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A dependent clause is a group of words that cannot stand alone as a sentence because it does not express a complete thought.

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What is a phrase?

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A phrase is a group of words that does not contain a subject-verb pair and does not express a complete thought.

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a verb in a sentence?

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A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being.

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What is a subordinating conjunction?

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A subordinating conjunction is a word that connects a dependent clause to an independent clause.

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What is a relative pronoun?

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A relative pronoun is a pronoun that introduces a relative clause, such as 'who,' 'whom,' 'whose,' 'which,' or 'that'.

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What is an appositive phrase?

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An appositive phrase is a noun or noun phrase that renames or describes another noun next to it.