English The Easy Way

The differences between clauses and phrases:

Clauses	Phrases
1. Clauses is a group of words	1. Phrases is a group of words
2. Clauses have both a subject and a predicate.	2. Phrases do not have a subject or predicate.
3 Clauses can be independent. Independent clauses are full sentences.
4. Clauses can be dependent. Dependant Clauses are not full sentences.	Examples: Excellent idea Great job Wonderful idea
Examples: The girl is nice She went very fast We wash the car.

"Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film."
Anonymous.

English Punctuation

• The Difference Between Clauses & Phrases
• Commas
• Commas with Lists
• Independent Clauses and Dependent/Subordinate Clause
• Comma Usage With Interruptive Expressions
• What Are Introductory Clauses & Phrases?
• Comma Usage &  Introductory Phrases
• Commas & Nonessential Clauses & Phrases
• Semi-Colon & Usage

Quote:

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.

• Jean-Paul Sartre, Dirty Hands (1948), Act 5, sc. 2.