'n "klousule" is 'n groep woorde wat 'n onderwerp en predikaat bevat en funksioneer as 'n lid van 'n komplekse of saamgestelde sin. Klousules kan óf onafhanklik (ook bekend as hoofklousules) of afhanklik wees (ook bekend as ondergeskikte klousules). Onafhanklike klousules druk 'n volledige gedagte uit en kan alleen as 'n sin staan, terwyl afhanklike klousules nie alleen kan staan nie en aan 'n onafhanklike klousule geheg moet word om 'n volledige sin te vorm.
1. Our separation agreement has a non-molestation clause, and I need a receipt or a witness.
2. It had been handed down from father to son for the singular clause of the only will that had been found, had caused it to be regarded as a genuine relic, preserved in the family with superstitious veneration.
3. There is a clause in the agreement that says either one can bow out, as long as the man pays for her expenses to come back home.
4. Buried deep in the motion was an ascension clause.