Identify the type of clause this is the hospital where I was born.
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It is assumed for the purposes of this article that the reader will have a reasonable knowledge of the various grammatical elements of the English language that are known collectively as 'parts of speech'. The traditional parts of speech are verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections. 'Interjections' are usually included even though they are often single-word exclamations, such as Bravo! Oh! and 'Hurrah!, that are 'thrown' into a sentence without playing any part in its grammatical construction.
Within the sentence structure there will be groups of words that that are known as phrases and clauses. Phrases, such Win the mood' and 'at the top of her voice', are groups of two or more words that do not include a finite verb. A clause, on the other hand, always contains a finite verb. In simple terms, a finite verb is a verb that has a grammatical subject, as in, for example, 'He goes' and 'She has let, where 'He' and 'She' are respectively subjects of the verbs 'goes' and 'has left'. The main non-finite parts of the verb are the infinitive (to go etc.) and the present and past participles (going, gone etc.).
There are two types of clause: main and subordinate. A main clause normally makes sense on its own, and often functions as a complete sentence in its own right. A subordinate clause always depends on another clause (frequently the main clause) for its real meaning.
We should note from the outset (a) that a main clause does not always appear at the beginning of a sentence, which in turn means that a subordinate clause does not always follow the main clause (b) that one clause sometimes breaks into the middle of another clause, as in, for example, 'He is, although he does not know it, an idiot', as an alternative to 'He is an idiot, although he does not know it.
A subordinate clause is equivalent to an adjective, an adverb or a noun in another clause (hence adjective clause, adverb clause, noun clause). Here are a few notes with simple examples, which I hope will help to make this clear.
Adjective clauses
An adjective clause is the equivalent of a simple adjective: it qualifies a noun or pronoun in another clause. It is always introduced by a relative pronoun (mainly 'who', 'whom' whose' 'which', 'that') or a word that acts as a relative pronoun, such as 'where' or 'when'. Here are three examples:
1 The man who broke the bank was a crook.
Here is the book which you lent me.
I have seen the house where he was born.
The main clauses are respectively 'The man was a crook', 'Here is the book', and 'I have seen the house'. The adjective clauses are:
I 'who broke the bank', qualifying the noun 'man'.
2 'which you lent me', qualifying the noun 'book'.
3 'where he was born', qualifying the noun 'house'.
Adverb clauses
An adverb clause is the equivalent of a simple adverb: it modifies a verb, an adverb or an adjective (usually a verb) in another clause. It is introduced by such words as 'if,' because', 'unless',' than',' after',' while',' although',' when', 'where' and 'as'. Here are three examples:
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This is the hospital where I was born : Adjective clause .