it was raining throughout the day this sentence phrases or clauses result
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There are many things about our language that are downright confusing to a student who is just learning to write. When I was a kid I used to think the words phrase and clause were just other words for sentences, and I used them interchangeably. But do phrases and clauses both qualify as sentences? Can the terms be used interchangeably? Simply put, no, and here's why:
A sentence is a group of words that have a subject and a verb (also known as a predicate). This is our gold standard in understanding what is and what isn't a sentence.
A clause does have a subject and a verb and therefore also qualifies as a sentence. And, when clauses stand alone as simple sentences, they need end punctuation.
Mary loves shopping.
It's raining cats and dogs!
"Play it again, Sam."
Buy one get one free.
Put two of them in a sentence and join them with either a comma and coordinating conjunction ("FANBOYS" -"for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so") or just a semicolon, and you've got yourself a compound sentence.
I read a book, but my husband watched TV.
You can eat what I made for dinner, or you can go to bed hungry.
The dog is out again; he seems happier outside.
These clauses are all "independent" clauses, meaning they can stand alone. However, if you add a subordinating conjunction (such as "although," "while," "because, "if," or "when") to your clause, the clause becomes "dependent," meaning that it must be connected to an independent clause to form a complete sentence.
If you're thirsty, help yourself to a drink.
Help yourself to a drink if you're thirsty.
When it rains, it pours.
We will go to the store because we are out of milk.
A phrase on the other hand, is a group of two or more words that are missing either the noun or the verb or both, and are fragments if left alone. They play a part in sentences by ushering in ideas and by making up the little units of meaning used in our sentences. And obviously, they don't need end punctuation because they are incomplete on their own:
Cloudy day
Easy enough
In the car
For the most part
Knowing the difference between phrases and clauses helps us to know when a sentence is complete, helps us clarify our thoughts in our writing, and as teaching parents, helps us use the correct terms when we talk with our kids about the pieces they write. They're handy things to know. It's too bad I had to wait so long to figure them out!
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