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KINDS OF CLAUSES

KINDS OF CLAUSES. RECOGNITION PRACTICE. IDENTIFY. MAJOR OR MINOR CLAUSES. SINGLE INDEPENDENT DEPENDENT IN A PARATACTIC OR HYPOTACTIC CLAUSE COMPLEX. FINITE OR NON-FINITE. ELLIPTICAL OR EMBEDDED. EMBEDDED PLUS FUNCTION.

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KINDS OF CLAUSES

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  1. KINDS OF CLAUSES RECOGNITION PRACTICE

  2. IDENTIFY

  3. MAJOR OR MINOR CLAUSES

  4. SINGLE INDEPENDENT DEPENDENT IN A PARATACTIC OR HYPOTACTIC CLAUSE COMPLEX

  5. FINITE OR NON-FINITE

  6. ELLIPTICAL OR EMBEDDED

  7. EMBEDDED PLUS FUNCTION

  8. William had just gone away to London, and his mother missed his money.

  9. Two paratactically related clauses

  10. There is no significant difference in the ideational content of these two utterances.

  11. Single clause

  12. What a nice plant!

  13. MINOR CLAUSE

  14. If you want to learn it, you must begin.

  15. Hypotactic clause complex Clause 1 dependent, Clause 2 independent

  16. It is clear [[ that there is always a difference]].

  17. Single clause, with Finite clause introduced by “that” as real postponed Subject. This is a case of anticipatory “it”

  18. Mrs Morel talked again to Paul, who was helping her with her housework.

  19. Hypotactic Clause Complex, with Clause 1 as main clause and Clause 2 as dependent clause of elaboration.

  20. Do you enjoy [[makingsounds]]?

  21. Single clause with embedded clause as C = DO

  22. At Christmas, people buy their kids more gaming, entertainment-based items.

  23. Single clause

  24. [[What is beautiful]] is also in some respects ugly.

  25. Single clause with embedded finite clause as Subject

  26. They took [[what they wanted]].

  27. Single clause with embedded clause as C = DO

  28. Throw it away or give it to your sister.

  29. Paractactic clause complex

  30. Not any more.

  31. Elliptical (recoverable from context)

  32. It isn’t surprising [[that Aristotle appealed to such principles]].

  33. Single clause with embedded “that finite clause” as Subject, real postponed Subject. The clause has anticipatory “it”

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