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for the sentence), so we need to look for more reliable, formal properties of the clause.
These include the following:
they contain at least a subject (except with imperatives) and a verb
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there is one, and only one, finite verb form (unless there is coordination – see A9)
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other elements are permitted according to the patterns of the verb
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There are some structures which are called clauses but which do not fulfil all
three characteristics: ‘nonfinite clauses’ and ‘verbless clauses’. These share some
of the features of clauses (see A10), but here we are talking about full, or ‘finite’
clauses.
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