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adjective clause
A relative clause. "Who had a nice hat", The relative clause specifies which man is being referred to and adds more detail by describing the man's possession of a nice hat.
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This is an independent clause because it can stand alone as a complete sentence.
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Main (I saw a man) plus subordinate clause (who had a nice hat). The second clause can also be called ''Relative clause'', because it provides more information about the ''man''.
This is not a clause, this is a phrase of special kind. ‘Who’ is being used here as a relative pronoun. There are so many examples of phrases you may find having noun+who, which etc, pl.
it is also a non-defining relative clause, as you've put a coma there, which means the information is additional/extra.
I suppose you refer to "who had a nice hat"? Since it functions as an adjective (i.e. describing the man), I take it as an adjectival clause.
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