What best describes a clause?

a group of words does not have a subject, which performs an action

a group of words that can only serve to modify or describe another part of a sentence

an expression that includes a subject and a predicate, so it performs some sort of action within a sentence

a group of words, which is used to join two simple sentences.

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Rebecca Schmitt

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12 February, 17:31

What best describes a clause?

a group of words does not have a subject, which performs an action

a group of words that can only serve to modify or describe another part of a sentence

an expression that includes a subject and a predicate, so it performs some sort of action within a sentence

a group of words, which is used to join two simple sentences.

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Andre Cowan · Answer 1

I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is the third option. A clause is an expression that includes a subject and a predicate, so it performs some sort of action within a sentence. A clause is the smallest grammatical unit. Hope this answers the question.