In linguistics and philosophy of language, a is a technical term for an utterance that serves a functional purpose – it does not just "describe" the world, but performs an action or creates a social reality.

A composite sentence is subdivided into two large types – compound (based on the principles of) and complex (based on the principles of subordination).

Subject-verb refers to the way words match each other in terms of number, tense.

Constructional syntax is built on the fundamental principle that language consists of a continuum of , which are conventionalized pairings of form and meaning or function.

The is the member of predication containing the mood and tense (or only mood) components of predicativity.

Clauses express the relationship between processes (actions, states or events), participants (the people and things who act or are involved in or affected by actions, states and events) and (e.g. the time, place, manner and surrounding circumstances of an action, state or event).

Write the type of the clause the sentence contains, for example, subject clause/ predicative clause /object clause /attributive clause: .

   The house is exactly what I expected it to be.

Write the type of the clause the sentence contains, for example, subject clause/ predicative clause /object clause /attributive clause: .

 Whoever left the headlights on should go back to the parking lot.

Write the type of the clause the sentence contains, for example, subject clause/ predicative clause /object clause /attributive clause: . 

That is why I decided to change my career path.

Write the type of the clause the sentence contains, for example, subject clause/ predicative clause /object clause /attributive clause: . 

I visited the small town where I spent my childhood summers.