what is the difference between phrase and clause describe in brief
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A clause is anything with the basic structure of a simple sentence. It has a noun or pronoun as subject, a finite verb (one with tense, i.e., one that specifies the time of the action) and possibly additional nouns (as objects or indirect objects), adverbs etc.
This includes actual simple sentences that stand alone:
"I ate the last cookie."
subordinate clauses that act as adverbs:
"She was angry because I ate the last cookie."
relative clauses that act as adjectives:
"... the cookie that was eaten by me"
"... the cookie that I ate"
and clauses that act as nouns:
"I don't know whether I ate the last cookie."
It doesn't include structures with non-finite verbs:
"His eating the last cookie set off an argument. "
"The last cookie eaten, we cleaned up."
A phrase most often refers specifically to a prepositional phrase consisting of a preposition and a noun (e.g., "in the building"). More generally it includes other structures that don't have finite verbs and so don't qualify as clauses, such as "His eating the last cookie".
Open ur english grammar text book .
Turn to the chapter 'clause and phrases' and read it by ur self..