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 CONCEPT MAP:

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DEFINITION: A clause is a collection of words that has a subject that is actively doing an
action(verb). The following are examples of clauses:

 since she laughs at diffident men
 I despise individuals of low character
 when the saints go marching in
 Orion Simpson is uglier
 because she smiled at him

 LET’S UNDERSTAND THESE EXAMPLES BETTER……
 In the examples mentioned above, we find either a noun or a pronoun that is
a subject (bold-print and red) attached to a predicate verb (underlined and purple) in
each case:

 since she laughs at diffident men
 I despise individuals of low character
 when the saints go marching in
 Orion Simpson is uglier