ENGL 146 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dependent Clause, Independent Clause, Sentence Clause Structure

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 146
• Professor: Dr.Céleste Derksen

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Independent (main) clauses because while they also contain subjects and verbs they cannot stand alone as complete thoughts or sentences. They need to be connected to a main clause to complete the idea. Here are a couple of examples of subordinating/dependent clauses: As mansfield gained popularity for her stories about new zealand. As you can see, the ideas above are not yet complete. A phrase is different than a clause because it does not contain both a subject and verb. A preposition is a word that indicates place in time, space or process. Some prepositions include the following: in, on, at, among, after, before, during, upon, within, under, above So, a prepositional phrase is a short group of words that expresses placement in time, space, or process. Here are a few examples of prepositional phrases: As you see, prepositional phrases also need to be joined to an independent or dependent clause to make sense.