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: 3715.30106)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PhrasesAndClauses/kjhcl/post.htm#884055Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:44:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:884055Mister Micawber0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PhrasesAndClauses/kjhcl/post.htm#884055http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-884055.xmlClauses by definition do not require stated subjects. 'Endeavored' is the main verb of the sentence.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PhrasesAndClauses/kjhcl/post.htm#883612Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:30:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:883612Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PhrasesAndClauses/kjhcl/post.htm#883612http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-883612.xmlphrases-over twenty years ago; with &quot;Falkner,Modernism, and Film&quot;; the conference; first endeavoured to tackle;etc All those little bits in a sentence that have no subject-predicate pair are supposed to be phrases, ryt? Can that sentence be rephrased as follows: The man reached his home with his dog out of breadth, after a brisk walk. Thanxhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PhrasesAndClauses/kjhcl/post.htm#881920Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:34:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:881920Mister Micawber2http://www.englishforums.com/English/PhrasesAndClauses/kjhcl/post.htm#881920http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-881920.xmlThe phrase 'out of breath' is misplaced. Out of breath after a brisk walk , the man reached home with his dog. The job complete,.... I'll give you a couple of sentences, and you try to state the clauses and phrases in them: Over twenty years ago, with "Faulkner, Modernism, and Film", the conference first endeavored to tackle the question of what Faulkner and film have to do with each other—with the broad concept of 'modernism' as an assumed common denominator. That the conference is returning to that theme—and to its (now implicit) common denominator—is indicative of major advances both in Faulkner and film studies during the last two decades.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PhrasesAndClauses/kjhcl/post.htmMon, 31 Aug 2009 19:35:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:881495Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/PhrasesAndClauses/kjhcl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-881495.xmlPlz give an example sentence and state all the phrases and clauses in it. Also, tell me what&#39;s wrong with this sentence: The man reached his home with his dog after a brisk walk, out of breadth. Plus, change the foll. clause to a phrase: When the job had been completed.. Thanx