>>40I didn't actually know what clause meant until about halfway into this thread/argument when I was searching for a word to encompass what I've been talking about (two-word pairing that means something specific). I couldn't find any word that fitted so I just used "clause" because it is literally impossible to understand wtf the definition of that word is getting at. All we can be sure of is it's something grammatical, so it fitted my needs fine.
Anyway, the word clause isn't important if it turns out to mean something other than what it was being used for. But any intelligent person can infer what MY definition of clause has been in this discussion. So, I'm wondering why you've latched on to the one misused word instead of attempted to address the points I raised....?