Ais a group of words containing either a subject or a predicate, but not both.
subordinate clause
phrase
independent clause
compound sentence

Phrase

A phrase does not have both a subject and predicate. A subordinate clause contains both a subject and predicate as well as a subordinating conjunction. It is not a complete idea on its own because the subordinating conjunction causes it to be dependent. For example, I folded the laundry when it was done. The subordinate clause is "when it was done". The subject is "it", and the predicate is "was done". However, the conjunction "when" makes the clause subordinate because the reader still needs to know what happened when. An independent clause is just a regular sentence like "He ran." A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined with a conjunction and a comma, or a semicolon.

A phrase is a group of words containing either a subject or a predicate, but not both.

Further Explanation:

Phrases are the group of words which do not consist of a subject or a verb. The subject which is intended to complete the action is not present in the phrase as in a clause. When the phrases are put in the sentence, they add meaning to the sentence. But independently they do not have any complete meaning. A phrase does not include a subject, or a verb, or both. The complete idea remains missing in the phrase. A phrase is thus considered to be a fragment.

Phrases are of three types: noun phrase, verb phrase, and prepositional phrase.

A clause is a group of words which consists of a subject and a verb and conveys meaning through it. Clauses are of two types: independent clause and subordinate clause. Independent clauses are complete in themselves while the subordinating clauses are not complete. Compound sentences are the sentences in which there are two or more than two independent clauses. The clauses are joined together to form a sentence by the help of the coordinators.

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1. Which of the following is a sentence fragment?

2. When should a comma be used between adjectives?

Answer details:

Grade: Senior School

Subject: English Grammar

Chapter: Phrase

Keywords:

phrase, subordinate clause, independent clause, compound sentence, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, meaning,subject.

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