The answer is: [D]: A clause has a subject and a verb; a phrase does not.
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Choices "A" and "B" are incorrect. Both phrase and clauses have a group of related words.
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Choice: [C]: "A phrase has a subject and a verb; a clause does not." —is INCORRECT; rather, the converse is true:
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→ A clause has a subject and a verb; a phrase does not;
→which is: "Answer choice: [D]".
