10/04/2023
⚫️ Phrase vs. Clause vs. Sentence ⚫️
Phrases and clauses are ingredients that we use to make complete sentences.
🔘A sentence is a collection of words that include a subject and a predicate and can be used to express a complete thought. For example, Birds fly is a sentence.
🔘A phrase is a group of words that doesn’t have a subject and a predicate. A phrase cannot stand alone and does not express a complete thought. For example, was working yesterday is a (verb) phrase. Phrases are typically used to build a sentence, modify parts of a sentence, or to provide more information.
🔘A clause is a collection of words that includes a subject and a predicate. A clause may or may not be able to stand alone as a complete sentence. For example, the independent clause green is my favorite color can function as a complete sentence whereas the dependent clause because green is my favorite color cannot.
⏺Technically, there is no real difference between a sentence and an independent clause. We simply use the term independent clause to describe a part of a complex sentence that includes multiple groups of words that have both subjects and predicates. A set of words that reads Cats meow could be either a sentence or an independent clause depending on how we use it.
For example:
Cats meow. (Cats meow is a sentence)
Cats meow, and dogs bark. (Cats meow is an independent clause).
