Different from subordinate clause and non-finite clause (new definition)?
He left the party and went home, without anyone to talk to.
**A clause is a collection of words that have a subject that is actively doing a verb. *
Definition of nonfinite clause. The verb does not show tense but without subject. Why are they classed as clause and not phrases.
From Oxford dictionaries
A clause is a group of words that contain a verb (and usually other components too).
This clause is active or passive. Is finite verb or no finite verb?
Assuming that to be verb does mean that there is an explicit subject in some finite verbs, even though some finite verbs don’t. At other times subject is implied by the rest of the sentence.
When he cut the grass to make the garden tidy. (infinitive clause giving purpose). Implied subject. He made the garden tidy.)
He fell off the table was funny (gerund clause with explicit subject “John”)
the garden was to be tidy (he kept to the lawn) The garden was tidy but he did not care what the garden had to look at (no joke), so he had taken off his chair.
