CMN 124 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Apposition, Job Performance, Segue
10 Oct 2012
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Clause: a group of related words containing a subject and a complete verb. When a clause delivers full meaning, and can be a stand-alone sentence it is called an independent clause. When it doesn"t deliver the full meaning, and cannot stand on its own it is called a dependant clause. A dependent clause may begin in one of two ways: with a dependent marker, (a word such as if, as, because, since, or although ). Or with a relative pronoun (that, which who). Independent clause: the program cost more than we expected : dependent clause: although the program cost more than expected, it has improved company morale . Types of sentences: a simple sentence has one independent clause. We will vote on the issue : a compound sentence has two independent clauses. These clauses are often joined by words like for, and, nor, but, or, yet . Sometimes compound sentences may be over- coordinated, when un-related clauses are joined.
