ABSTRACT
Clauses obey the same rules of grammar as the idea groups, and student interpreter will notice that in the examples of the preceding clauses, the clause itself, like the first part of the sentence it is contained in, has a Subject, a Verb and an Object. This then leads us to the simplest way of dealing with this structure – an extension of the technique reader use for the standard SVO group. This chapter focuses on two common types of clauses. The first type of clause often follows verbs of speech or thought, like, say, think, declare, consider and as such makes regular appearances in the types of speech the reader want to interpret. A second type of clause adds information to one part of reader Subject Verb Object unit. These clauses are usually preceded in English by words like, that, which, who, although not always.
