tkacka15
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I don't think a clause can be without a subject and a finite verb, but I am not a teacher.
"A non-finite clause is a clause whose verb is non-finite (an infinitive, an -ing participle or an -en participle.) E.g.
To expect a refund is unreasonable
All he ever does is complain
Having said that, I still hope he gets one
If consulted, I would have advised against
A non-finite clause may function as an integral sentence element (as in the first two examples here), or as a separate subordinate clause (as in the third and fourth). A non finite clause may contain its own subject:
For him to expect a refund is unreasonable." [From The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar by Sylvia Chalker and Edmund Weiner.]
PS: there are grammarians who even classify some clauses as the verbless ones as in "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."