The most central among these components is the clause.
A very simple, yet practical, definition of the clause is a string of words that include a subject and a matching verb, regardless of whether this string has a complete meaning or not.
Examine the following items, and decides if they are clauses or not.
- looking for freedom
- looks for freedom
- their looking for freedom
- that they looked for freedom
- They looked for freedom.
Answers
- looking for freedom [NOT A CLAUSE]
- looks for freedom [NOT A CLAUSE]
- their looking for freedom [NOT A CLAUSE]
- that they looked for freedom [A CLAUSE]
- They looked for freedom. [A CLAUSE]
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