http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ClausesVerbsMe/gmnxc/post.htm#564109Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:52:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:564109Mister Micawber0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ClausesVerbsMe/gmnxc/post.htm#564109http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-564109.xml. 1. &quot;Vertebrates are born...&quot;-- main clause 2. &quot;...looking like small versions of their parents.&quot; -- nonfinite clause acting as an adverbial. .http://www.englishforums.com/English/ClausesVerbsMe/gmnxc/post.htmWed, 27 May 2009 06:52:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:564079Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/ClausesVerbsMe/gmnxc/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-564079.xmlHi, I was wondering if someone could help me. I have to analyse the grammar in this sentence: Verterbrates are born looking like small versions of their parents. Are there two clauses? i.e. 1. &quot;Vertebrates are born...&quot; and 2. &quot;...looking like small versions of their parents.&quot; or is it one clause? If so, would that mean that &quot;are born looking&quot; is a phrasal verb? I am so stuck! Thanks for your help