Some of the clauses contain phrases, like “She laughs at shy people.” “She laughs” is a clause, and “at shy people” is a phrase that complements the clause and completes the sentence. Phrases can be any combination of words that do not combine a subject and a verb. What isRead More →
A clause is a group of words that contains a verb (and usually other components too). A clause may form part of a sentence or it may be a complete sentence in itself. For example: He was eating a bacon sandwich. What are clauses 5 examples? Examples of clauses: SubjectRead More →
(Compound sentences are sentences that have two (or three) independent clauses which are joined by one of the following conjunctions: for, nor, yet, so, and, but, or. The comma always appears just before the conjunction. What are independent clauses in a sentence? An independent clause contains a subject, a verb,Read More →
The emoluments clause, also called the foreign emoluments clause, is a provision of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 8) that generally prohibits federal officeholders from receiving any gift, payment, or other thing of value from a foreign state or its rulers, officers, or representatives. Does the emolumentsRead More →
1 Enumeration Clause. The part of this clause relating to the mode of apportionment of representatives among the several States was changed by the Fourteenth Amendment, Section 2 and as to taxes on incomes without apportionment, by the Sixteenth Amendment. Where in the US Constitution is the census mentioned? TheRead More →
Examples included imposition of poll taxes and residency and literacy tests. An exemption to such requirements was made for all persons allowed to vote before the American Civil War, and any of their descendants. What were the rules of the grandfather clause? A half-dozen states passed laws that made menRead More →
An exclusion clause aims to limit, or exclude, the liability of one party to a contract. In other words, it will try to, in some way, lessen their contractual responsibilities. You may not always be aware of it, but exclusion clauses are in common use in everyday life. How areRead More →
1 : a group of words containing a subject and predicate and functioning as a member of a complex (see complex entry 2 sense 1b(2)) or compound (see compound entry 2 sense 3b) sentence The sentence “When it rained they went inside” consists of two clauses: “when it rained” andRead More →