Writing Academic English 4th Edition

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toprotecttheenvironment

afterworkingallday

Notclauses

SUBJECT VERB

ecologyis a science

SUBJECT VERB

becausepollutioncausescancer

Clauses.

Clausesarethebuildingblocksofsentences.Aclauseis a groupofwordsthatcon-

tains(atleast)a subjectanda verb.

Therearetwokindsofclauses:independentanddependent.

T\lpes ofSentences

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