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© Capital Community College Clauses: Building Blocks for Sentences A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb. It is different from a phrase in that a phrase does not include a subject and a verb relationship.phrase There are two main types of clauses– Independent and dependent Words and phrases in this color are hyperlinks to the Guide to Grammar & Writing.

© Capital Community College Clauses: Building Blocks for Sentences 1. Independent: A clause that can stand by itself and still make sense. An independent clause could be its own sentence, but is often part of a larger structure. 2. Dependent: A clause that cannot stand by itself. It depends on something else, an independent clause, for its meaning. A dependent clause trying to stand by itself would be a sentence fragment. Dependent clauses are sometimes called subordinate,sentence fragment

© Capital Community College Clauses: Building Blocks for Sentences And here are some examples of independent clauses Independent clauses: Glaciers often leave behind holes in the ground. These holes are called kettles, and they look just like scooped-out pots. Glaciers also leave behind enormous deposits of glacial “garbage”; these deposits are called morains. Kettle holes result when a large block of ice melts. This last sentence deserves further attention....

© Capital Community College Clauses: Building Blocks for Sentences Kettle holes result when a large block of ice melts. The dependent clause begins with what is called a subordinating conjunction. This causes the clause to be dependent upon the rest of the sentence for its meaning; it cannot stand by itself. More on dependent clauses in a moment....

© Capital Community College Clauses: Building Blocks for Sentences Dependent clauses begin with subordinate conjunctions or relative pronouns. Subordinate conjunctions: Relative Pronouns: Since Until Before Because When While After Although Even though Who Which That

© Capital Community College Clauses: Building Blocks for Sentences Understanding CLAUSES and how they are connected within the larger structure of your sentence will help you avoid Sentence FragmentsRun-on Sentences and make it possible for you to punctuate your sentences properly and write confidently with a variety of sentence structures.variety of sentence structures Don’t forget to take the quizzes listed at the end of the section on clauses.