Transcription of Chapter 6 PHRASES, CLAUSES, AND SENTENCES
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Chapter 6 PHRASES, CLAUSES, AND SENTENCES
Chapter 6 PHRASES, CLAUSES, AND SENTENCESC hapter Check-In Recognizing phrases Identifying independent and subordinate clauses Understanding sentencesClauses and phrases are the building blocks of SENTENCES . A phrase is agroup of words that act as a part of speech but cannot stand alone asa sentence. clauses are groups of words that have a subject and a predi-cate. Independent clauses express a complete thought and can stand aloneas a sentence but subordinate clauses depend on other parts of the sen-tence to express a complete sentence expresses a complete thought and contains a subject, a nounor pronoun, and a predicate, a verb or verb phrase.
To understand phrases containing gerunds, infinitives and participles see Chapter 2 for a complete review of verbals. Briefly, these verbals act as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs in sentences. 56 CliffsQuickReview Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style 6393-9 Ch06.F 4/24/01 9:31 AM Page 56
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