Clause
noun
A part of a sentence that has its own subject and verb.
In the sentence 'I will go to the store when I have time', 'when I have time' is a clause.
Often appears as...
- independent clause
- dependent clause
noun
A paragraph in a legal document or agreement that talks about a specific point or issue.
The damages clause in the contract outlines the costs associated with a breach of contract.
Often appears as...
- confidentiality clause
- non-compete clause
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A part of a sentence that has its own subject and verb.
In the sentence 'I will go to the store when I have time', 'when I have time' is a clause.
Often appears as...
- independent clause
- dependent clause
noun
A paragraph in a legal document or agreement that talks about a specific point or issue.
The damages clause in the contract outlines the costs associated with a breach of contract.
Often appears as...
- confidentiality clause
- non-compete clause
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Independent Versus Dependent
Understand that an independent clause can stand alone as a sentence, but a dependent clause cannot.
He ran quickly (independent) because he was late (dependent).
Pro Tip 2/3Relative Clauses
Relative clauses begin with who, that, or which and connect extra information to a noun.
The book, which I borrowed from the library, is quite interesting.
Pro Tip 3/3Multiple Clauses
A sentence can have multiple clauses of the same or different types to add complexity.
I will go to the store when I have time, and I will buy eggs.
Pro Tip 1/3Independent Versus Dependent
Understand that an independent clause can stand alone as a sentence, but a dependent clause cannot.
He ran quickly (independent) because he was late (dependent).
Pro Tip 2/3Relative Clauses
Relative clauses begin with who, that, or which and connect extra information to a noun.
The book, which I borrowed from the library, is quite interesting.
Pro Tip 3/3Multiple Clauses
A sentence can have multiple clauses of the same or different types to add complexity.
I will go to the store when I have time, and I will buy eggs.
Pro Tip 1/3Independent Versus Dependent
Understand that an independent clause can stand alone as a sentence, but a dependent clause cannot.
He ran quickly (independent) because he was late (dependent).
Pro Tip 2/3Relative Clauses
Relative clauses begin with who, that, or which and connect extra information to a noun.
The book, which I borrowed from the library, is quite interesting.
Pro Tip 3/3Multiple Clauses
A sentence can have multiple clauses of the same or different types to add complexity.
I will go to the store when I have time, and I will buy eggs.
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Does your vote count?...
who formally elect the President and Vice President of the United States. To understand how this process began and how it continues today, we can look at the Constitution of the United article two, section one, clause two of the constitution. It specifies how many electors each state is entitled to have.
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Why are US cities still...
people in the United States and elsewhere began employing them in a new specifically, to racially restrict properties. They wrote clauses into deeds that were meant to prevent all future owners from selling or leasing to certain racial and ethnic groups, especially Black people.
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Are we born to run? -...
masters of the universe actually evolved as nothing more than a pack of hunting dogs maybe we evolved as a hunting pack animal because the one advantage we have in the wilderness it's not our fangs another clause in our speed the only thing we do really really well is is
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How to use a semicolon -...
In list-like sentences, it can exert more force than commas do, cutting sentences into compartments and grouping items that belong together. The semicolon breaks things up, but it also builds connections. Another of its tasks is to link together independent clauses.
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Does grammar matter? -...
does your friend have a point? Was your sentence actually grammatically incorrect? And if he still understood it, why does it even matter? From the point of view of linguistics, grammar is a set of patterns for how words are put together to form phrases or clauses,
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Comma story - Terisa...
I like to think of the different parts of our sentence as characters. Let's meet a few of the tiny conjunctions, the mighty subordinates, and the clever comma. Conjunctions are small and nimble. They are words that connect clauses, words,
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Palenque and the Ancient...
have upright monuments out in isolated clauses and things that that Palenque instead given the great limestone sources they had put big slabs on the walls of the temples and this helped to preserve the inscriptions and the
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How misused modifiers...
confusing headlines like this appear all the time. Modifiers are words, phrases, and clauses that add information about other parts of a sentence, which is usually helpful. But when modifiers aren't linked clearly enough
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Black Women and the...
of the poll taxes of the literacy tests of the understanding tests of the grandfather clauses that characterize the 19th amendment era the lynching the violence um today i think is mirrored in a corona virus that has
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An Olympic Champion's...
that is embedded in the capitalist dream. So when I told them about my pregnancy, I asked for a clause in the contract that specified they wouldn't reduce my pay within 12 months of giving birth. They said yes.
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Does your vote count?...
who formally elect the President and Vice President of the United States. To understand how this process began and how it continues today, we can look at the Constitution of the United article two, section one, clause two of the constitution. It specifies how many electors each state is entitled to have.
Video examples
Why are US cities still...
people in the United States and elsewhere began employing them in a new specifically, to racially restrict properties. They wrote clauses into deeds that were meant to prevent all future owners from selling or leasing to certain racial and ethnic groups, especially Black people.
Video examples
Are we born to run? -...
masters of the universe actually evolved as nothing more than a pack of hunting dogs maybe we evolved as a hunting pack animal because the one advantage we have in the wilderness it's not our fangs another clause in our speed the only thing we do really really well is is
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How to use a semicolon -...
In list-like sentences, it can exert more force than commas do, cutting sentences into compartments and grouping items that belong together. The semicolon breaks things up, but it also builds connections. Another of its tasks is to link together independent clauses.
Video examples
Does grammar matter? -...
does your friend have a point? Was your sentence actually grammatically incorrect? And if he still understood it, why does it even matter? From the point of view of linguistics, grammar is a set of patterns for how words are put together to form phrases or clauses,
Video examples
Comma story - Terisa...
I like to think of the different parts of our sentence as characters. Let's meet a few of the tiny conjunctions, the mighty subordinates, and the clever comma. Conjunctions are small and nimble. They are words that connect clauses, words,
Video examples
Palenque and the Ancient...
have upright monuments out in isolated clauses and things that that Palenque instead given the great limestone sources they had put big slabs on the walls of the temples and this helped to preserve the inscriptions and the
Video examples
How misused modifiers...
confusing headlines like this appear all the time. Modifiers are words, phrases, and clauses that add information about other parts of a sentence, which is usually helpful. But when modifiers aren't linked clearly enough
Video examples
Black Women and the...
of the poll taxes of the literacy tests of the understanding tests of the grandfather clauses that characterize the 19th amendment era the lynching the violence um today i think is mirrored in a corona virus that has
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An Olympic Champion's...
that is embedded in the capitalist dream. So when I told them about my pregnancy, I asked for a clause in the contract that specified they wouldn't reduce my pay within 12 months of giving birth. They said yes.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
American Judge
I was tremendously fortunate to be alive and a lawyer, working at a university so I had more flexible hours, when the women's movement was coming alive and when it became possible to argue successfully for a view of the equal protection clause that included women.
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Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
There is never a shortage anywhere of lawyers eager to attack the First Amendment, as though it were nothing more than a clause in a lease from a crooked slumlord.
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Karen DeCrow
American Activist
Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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Jeff Lindsay
American Playwright
I made a deliberate choice to write something people would enjoy, not knock people out with 'Boy, he can really put a clause together!
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Michael Kinsley
American Journalist
The 'takings' clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.
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Jessica Chastain
American Actress
If you want me in your film, do a favored-nation clause. Don't determine my worth based on what's left over.
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Israel Folau
Australian Athlete
I never had a special social media clause, I had a standard contract, the same as every other player.
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Lisa Madigan
American Public Servant
A ban on same-sex marriage violates the state Constitution's equal protection clause.
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Theresa May
British Politician
You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
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James Burrows
American Director
I have a fun clause in my contract. If I'm not having fun, I can leave.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
American Judge
I was tremendously fortunate to be alive and a lawyer, working at a university so I had more flexible hours, when the women's movement was coming alive and when it became possible to argue successfully for a view of the equal protection clause that included women.
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Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
There is never a shortage anywhere of lawyers eager to attack the First Amendment, as though it were nothing more than a clause in a lease from a crooked slumlord.
Quote examples
Karen DeCrow
American Activist
Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Quote examples
Jeff Lindsay
American Playwright
I made a deliberate choice to write something people would enjoy, not knock people out with 'Boy, he can really put a clause together!
Quote examples
Michael Kinsley
American Journalist
The 'takings' clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.
Quote examples
Jessica Chastain
American Actress
If you want me in your film, do a favored-nation clause. Don't determine my worth based on what's left over.
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Israel Folau
Australian Athlete
I never had a special social media clause, I had a standard contract, the same as every other player.
Quote examples
Lisa Madigan
American Public Servant
A ban on same-sex marriage violates the state Constitution's equal protection clause.
Quote examples
Theresa May
British Politician
You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
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James Burrows
American Director
I have a fun clause in my contract. If I'm not having fun, I can leave.
Example 1 of 10
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