Clause: Kinds and Examples

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Clause: A clause means a part of sentence having a subject and a predicate of its own.

Kinds of clause: Basically, there are two kinds of clause.They are-

1. Principal Clause,

2.Subordinate Clause.         

* *There is another kind of clause named Co-ordinate Clause.

Principal Clause:

The Clause that can make a complete sense by itself and does not have to depend on any other clause is called Principal Clause.  Example: I know the boy who is honest.

Subordinate Clause( Subordinate clause is of three kinds):

The clause that is dependent on another clause to make a complete sense is called a Subordinate

Examples: I know the boy who is honest.

Co- ordinate Clause: A sentence having two Principal Clauses is called a Co-ordinate Clause.

Example: My friend is a good student but his brother is a bad student.