THE PHRASE AND THE CLAUSE

THE PHRASE AND THE CLAUSE

EXAMINE THE GROUP OF THE WORDS " IN A CORNER" IT MAKES SENSE,BUT NOT COMPLETE SENSE,IS CALLED PHRASE 

           IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES ,THE GROUPS OF WORDS IN ITALICS ARE                           PHRASES :-
            
          * THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST
          *HUMPTY DUMPTY  SAT ON A WALL 
          *THERE CAME A GIANT TO MY DOOR 

           EXAMINE THE GROUPS OF WORDS IN ITALICS IN THE FOLLOWING  SENTENCES:-

          *HE HAS A CHAIN OF GOLD 
          *HE HAS A CHAIN WHICH IS MADE OF GOLD 

           WE RECOGNIZE THE FIRST GROUP   OF WORDS AS A PHRASE  
           
           THE SECOND GROUP OF WORDS , UNLIKE THE PHRASE OF GOLD, CONTAINS
            A SUBJECT (WHICH) AND PREDICATE( IS MADE OF GOLD) 
           
            SUCH GROUP OF WORDS WHICH FORMS PART OF SENTENCE AND CONTAINS 
           A SUBJECT AND PREDICATE ,IS CALLED A CLAUSE

        IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES, THE GROUPS OF THE WORDS IN ITALICS 
        ARE CLAUSE 
           
             *  PEOPLE WHO PAY THEIR DEBTS ARE TRUSTED.
             *WE CANNOT START WHILE IT IS RAINING 
             *I THINK THAT YOU HAVE MADE A MISTAKE 


credit:- by wren and martin 

revised by:-N.D.V. PRASADA RAO

A.N. KAPOOR AND R.K.JAIN