PHRASE vs. CLAUSE - Laney College
laney.edu › Grammar-handout-phrase-vs-clauseDEFINITION OF CLAUSE AND PHRASE: • A clause is a group of words with a subject-verb unit; the 2nd group of words contains the subject-verb unit the bus goes, so it is a clause. • A phrase is a group of words without a subject-verb unit. If we try to change the time or tense of the lst group of words, we cannot, because it contains no word that changes to show time or tense.