| Clauses are considered as one of the parts of a | | | | Restrictive clauses, to put it simply, are ones that are |
| sentence. It has been so useful in order to make your | | | | necessary to deliver a sentence's meaning. For |
| sentence more understandable and readable. For | | | | instance, when saying "The computer that has the |
| some people, a clause is sometimes hard to notice | | | | lightest weight is the one I want," there is no way to |
| and hard to be constructed. But in the field of writing | | | | remove the clause "that has the lightest weight" |
| especially for essay writing, it is important that a writer | | | | without rendering the sentence meaningless. As such, it |
| should know more about the correct and proper way | | | | is a restrictive clause which will need to be kept to |
| of using clauses in their contents. | | | | maintain your statement's clarity. |
| Do you know how to recognize a clause in your | | | | Non-restrictive Clauses |
| sentence? A clause can be the independent or | | | | Non-restrictive clauses, on the other hand, are ones |
| dependent. Independent clause is also known as the | | | | that can be removed without affecting the overall |
| main clause in a sentence whereby it can stand alone | | | | message. For instance, when saying "The computer |
| since it is a complete thought. Furthermore, every | | | | that I want, which is very light, sits on the third row," the |
| sentence must have a main clause, otherwise, it will | | | | clause "which is very light" can be easily removed |
| result to fragment and there will be a major grammar | | | | without affecting the statement's over all meaning. It will |
| error in your essay once it will happen. | | | | be a prime candidate for groups of words you can |
| A dependent clause is also known as a subordinate | | | | remove. |
| clause and therefore an incomplete thought. In order to | | | | The rub, however, is that removing certain |
| make it complete, you should always attach a | | | | components might make your sentence read a little |
| subordinate clause to the main clause. Other kinds of | | | | less interesting. While shortening "The car, which rocks |
| clauses are known as relative and noun clauses. | | | | my world, is out now" to "The car is out now" sure |
| Relative clauses can't stand alone also and sometimes | | | | means the same thing, it loses the added impact that |
| it is associated with pronouns or adverbs in a | | | | the non-restrictive clause adds. Just because you can |
| sentence. On the other hand, any clause that functions | | | | remove it doesn't mean you should. |
| as a noun is called noun clause. | | | | Let The Software Guide You |
| When you're trimming down a piece of writing to | | | | If you own a good writing software, make sure to |
| make it more succinct and brief, it's not unusual to go | | | | employ its assistance when trying to decide how to |
| after phrases and clauses that don't really contribute | | | | cut down your text. While it's not perfect (it's still just |
| an integral piece into individual statement's meaning. | | | | software), it will likely point you in the right direction |
| That's when the concept of restrictive and | | | | when identifying which non-restrictive clauses you can |
| non-restrictive clauses usually comes in. | | | | pull out, without damaging your work's overall feel. |
| Restrictive Clauses | | | | |