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Clause vs Phrase

by dumb.doofus » Sun May 10, 2009 11:20 am
An OG question again:

More than 30 years ago Dr. Barbara McClintock, the Nobel Prize winner, reported that genes can "jump," as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another

OG says the underlined portion is a phrase. Please help me as I am not able to make out how that is a phrase and not a clause.

It has a subject i.e. pearls and a verb i.e. moving..

It is more of a subordinate clause to me.

Please help.
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by cramya » Sun May 10, 2009 11:45 am
Ask the question" What happenned because of the pearls"?

We cannot answer this question from the phrase "as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another"


Basically "moving mysteriously from one necklace to another" modifies the subject pearls i.e. it tells us what pearls the author is referring to.
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Re: Clause vs Phrase

by iamcste » Sun May 10, 2009 11:59 am
dumb.doofus wrote:An OG question again:

More than 30 years ago Dr. Barbara McClintock, the Nobel Prize winner, reported that genes can "jump," as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another

OG says the underlined portion is a phrase. Please help me as I am not able to make out how that is a phrase and not a clause.

It has a subject i.e. pearls and a verb i.e. moving..

It is more of a subordinate clause to me.

Please help.
Dude, first let me correct you..underlined portion in the sentence is not at all a clause. "Moving" is a participal phrase and not a verb

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by dumb.doofus » Sun May 10, 2009 12:12 pm
Many thanks to both of you for the response and correcting my mistake..
I was a bit confused with the participial phrase and the verb.. its much clear now.. after you mentioned I searched more on it and did some exercises too..

Thanks again..
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