_Prepositional_: [They were _in the temple_].
2. _Infinitive_: [He tried _to make us hear_].
3. _Participial_: [_Having finished my letter_].
Classified as to use, a phrase may be--
1. A _noun_: [_To be good is to be truly great_].
2. An _adjective_: [The horse is an animal _of much intelligence_].
3. An _adverb_: [He lives _in the city_].
+83. Clauses.+--It has been already shown that clauses may be either
principal or subordinate. A principal clause is sometimes defined as "one
that can stand alone," and is therefore independent of the rest of the
sentence. This statement is misleading, for, although true in most cases,
it does not hold in cases like the following:--
1. As the tree falls, so it must lie.
2. That sunshine is cheering, cannot be denied.
The genuine test for the subordinate clause is the one already given in
connection with the study of the subordinate conjunction. It must serve
the purpose of some single part of speech. All other clauses are principal
clauses.
+84. Classification of Subordinate Clauses.+--_A._ Subordinate clauses may
be classified into _substantive_ and _modifying_ clauses.
_Substantive clauses_ show the various substantive constructions. Thus:--
1. Subject: ["_Thou shalt not covet_," is the tenth commandment].
2. Object: [I know _what you wish_].
3. Appositive: [The truth _that the earth is spherical_ is generally
believed].
4. Attribute complement: [The truth is _that she is not well_].
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