*-Not a very important chapter.-*

Clauses.

You must be thinking, "You mean Santa Clause?" NO. NOT SANTA.

Clause: A group of words that may contain the subject and verb, but... not every clause is a complete thought.

I'm going to be talking about two clauses:

 Dependant clause and Independant clause.

A dependant clause is the opener for a sentence. They cannot stand alone and are not complete thoughts.

Ex. In order to be healthy,

Is that a sentence? Nope. So... add a independant clause to complete the thought.

A independant clause can be a sentence by itself. It includes the subject and verb.

Ex. You should exercise for an hour a day.

If you add those two together, it would make a nice sounding sentence.

In order to be healthy, you should exercise for an hour a day.

Obviously, dependant clauses are not used in all sentences. Dependant clauses can be use to be more descriptive when writing.
Dependant clauses state things like: When, why, how, ect.

If you just say: You need to study hard.
Okay, sure, you need to study hard, but is there a reason? Usually there is, and if there is, add a dependant clause:

When applying to college,

Put them together and...:

When applying to college, you need to study hard.

Sounds nice!

Here's another example:

If there were an Olympic event for being awesome, Chuck Norris would sweep the medals.

Can you figure out the dependant and independant clauses?

Dependant: If there were an Olympic event for being awesome,

Independant: Chuck Norris would sweep the medals.

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This isn't such an important chapter, but it helps the flow of your stories a little.
There always needs to be a comma after the dependant clause.