Clause Help

Clause Help

1. Noun

   • must contain a subject and a verb
   • take the place of a noun, meaning that you can test for a noun clause by replacing it with a pronoun (usually: it, someone, or something)
   • introduced by a limited number of words
     • interrogatives: who, whoever, whom, whomever, what, whatever (diagrammed as nouns); which, whose (diagrammed as adjectives); when, where, why, how (diagrammed as adverbs)
     • expletives: if, that, whether, whether or not, (diagrammed above the verb of the noun clause with a dotted line drawn to that verb)
   • performs the usual function of a noun: subject, subjective complement, object of preposition, direct object, indirect object, objective complement, appositive

2. Adverb

   • contains a subject and a verb
   • answers an adverb question: when, where, why, how
   • usually be moved as a whole to another location in a sentence without changing the meaning of a sentence
   • begins with a subordinating conjunction: after, although, though, as, because, before, even though, if, once, since, so that, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, whereas, wether or not, while
   • helpful hint: when trying to determine what type of clause you have before you remember that a noun clause can be replaced by a single word noun, or a pronoun, and that an adverb clause can move
     • don't confuse coordinating and subordinating conjunctions: a coordinating conjunction can only be FANBOYS

3. Relative

   • are used to give additional information about something without adding another sentence
   • contains subject and verb
   • adjective clause that relates to or modifies the noun that it follows
   • can be introduced by a relative pronoun: who, whom, whose, which, that OR can be introduced by a relative adverb: when, where, why

4. Paige and Sara Marie "BFF's 5 ever, cause that's more than 4 ever"