Expanding Your Knowledge - Introducing Clauses

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What is a clause?

It is a section of the sentence that contains a noun or pronoun and one finite verb.

How many clauses can you have in one sentence?

More than one but they must be linked correctly.

If there are two finite verbs in a sentence what is generally needed to link the clauses?

A conjunction
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What conjunctions shouldn't normally be at the start of a sentence?

And, or, but

their place is between clauses.
in a list of clauses separated by a comma and precedes the last clause.

What is a relative pronoun?

They have a similar function to conjunctions, they lick dependent clauses to main clauses and usually follow a noun. They are the same words as the interrogative pronouns.

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