CLAUSES
Clauses is a meaningful group of words with a verb in it. It is a part of a sentence which has its own subject ( noun or pronoun before the verb) and own finite verb ( before which a subject is) showing tense. Clause analysis is possible only with a complex sentence . For example: Q. This is the book which is very interesting. Ans. There are TWO CLAUSES in it. This is the book - MAIN CLAUSE . (It makes a COMPLETE sentence & can stand by itself). which is very interesting - SUBORDINATE CLAUSE . (It does not makes a complete sentence and can't stand by itself. It is INCOMPLETE . It is DEPENDENT on the MAIN CLAUSE. Therefore, this type of clause is called a SUBORDINATE CLAUSE.) Q. How will you know which are subordinate clause? Ans. The commonly used Subordinators are: (what, which, when, how, had, as, as if, after , though, although...