"What Is a Clause in Grammar?": Oregon State Guide to Grammar
Channel: OSU School of Writing, Literature and Film
Date: 2021-10-20

This video defines a clause and shows how it’s different from a phrase. It explains independent clauses, dependent clauses, and the role of the subordinating conjunction in distinguishing between them, offering many useful examples – with some help from Charlie Chaplin. Written by Senior Lecturer J.T. Bushnell and performed by Graduate Teaching Assistance Carlee Baker, it is designed for high school and college students studying grammar or linguistics. 

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Timestamps
0:00 Clauses vs Phrases
0:23 Independent Clause Definition and Example
0:40 Dependent Clause Definition and Example
1:02 Subordinating Conjunction Examples
2:02 Using Dependent and Independent Clauses

Below are a few more videos in this series. If there are topics you'd like to see us cover in the future, please let us know in the comments! 

"What Is Grammar?": https://youtu.be/vZjNznvqgEs 
"What Is a Noun?": https://youtu.be/0KxMjVcyS8M 
"What Is a Verb?": https://youtu.be/u9zegJ84mYI 
"What Is a Subject?": https://youtu.be/Kp65wGtoVF0 
"What Is a Predicate?": https://youtu.be/MniZqFm-pe0 
“What Is a Phrase?”: https://youtu.be/9TPo4jGtM8A 
“When to Use Commas”: https://youtu.be/UWlVVlSYcTg 
“When NOT to Use Commas”: https://youtu.be/boQahPvFOLo 
“What Is the Oxford Comma (And Is It Really Optional)?”: https://youtu.be/yXJIkAOKxzU 
"What Is Passive Voice?": https://youtu.be/ppBq_Ulrq3w 
"What Is Parallelism?": https://youtu.be/UUaXS3k68kY 
"What Is Gender-Neutral Language?": https://youtu.be/lyPtjrEIgEw 
“What Are Dialects?”: https://youtu.be/TXtMB1vwVaM 
“What Is Code-Meshing?”: https://youtu.be/FwFZ7FRcDJU
“What Is Singular They?”: https://youtu.be/jCkNtwSHNHk
“How to Use a Semicolon”: https://youtu.be/ZtyjVCdHFHU
“How to Use a Colon”: https://youtu.be/YkLtn5W9buY
“How to Use Apostrophes”: https://youtu.be/txSzXat3GM0
“What Is a Comma Splice?”: https://youtu.be/OTcvMKXEIus
“What Is Syntax?”: https://youtu.be/DrqILBzGZVE
"What Is Mood in Grammar?": https://youtu.be/s7-5-DtJf5E
"What Is (AND ISN'T) Standard Written English?": https://youtu.be/IVIK6PS8NEg