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English in Use/Clauses
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Clause can be defined as a group of words that carries a finite verb but do not act as a sentence. It acts like a part of a sentence that can not express its meaning without being depended on the other part.
as in 'Rahul, who lives in London, is my friend.
In the above sentence 'who lives in London' is the part that has to be depended on the part "Rahul is my friend' to expresses its proper meaning.
Clauses can be divided into two parts;
Principal Clause
Sub-ordinate Clause
Sub-Ordinate Clauses are divided into three parts:
Noun Clause
Adjective Clause
Adverb Clause