Which best describes a clause?

a word or group of words that should help to describe or make clear the meaning of the word it modifies

a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and that is used as part of a sentence

a group of words that does not contain a verb or a subject and that acts as a single part of speech

Question

Which best describes a clause?

    a word or group of words that should help to describe or make clear the meaning of the word it modifies

    a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

    a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and that is used as part of a sentence

    a group of words that does not contain a verb or a subject and that acts as a single part of speech

irrati0nal · Answer

Which ones can we eliminate right away?

vale.h · Answer

idk help?

irrati0nal · Answer

Alright, so all clauses contain groups of words. 
We can eliminate one of the choices just with that information.

misssmartiez · Answer

Adjective clause:

A group of words that describes the noun/pronoun in what it looks like, how many, which one, etc.


Adverb clause: 

A group of words that describes other adverbs, verbs and adjectives. Mostly answers HOW.



What is similar between this?

misssmartiez · Answer

Cross out anything that begins with a 'word' because a clause isn't just one word.

irrati0nal · Answer

That sums up what I was pointing toward, but okay.

misssmartiez · Answer

^

misssmartiez · Answer

It doesn't particularly have to be used in only a part of speech

misssmartiez · Answer

So it would be what? As Irrational said, elimination, it would be C.

irrati0nal · Answer

Were you able to find your answer? @Vale.H 
If so, please don't forget to choose the "Best Response" (give that to MissSmartiez, she explained it better).