dependent clause
Britishnoun
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grammar another term for subordinate clause
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A clause that does not stand alone as a sentence but depends on another clause to complete its meaning: “When I get my braces off, I will be very happy.” Dependent clauses are also known as subordinate clauses. (Compare independent clause.)
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Or you can combine the shorter sentences into a complex sentence with a dependent clause, as in the second example.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Perhaps knowing the difference between a main clause and a dependent clause doesn’t matter so much so long as you can intuit the difference.
From The Guardian • May 13, 2017
But, as a relative pronoun, 18; with a negative, 42; with a dependent clause, 105; to introduce two succeeding statements, 105.
From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas
Exercise 47 Write five sentences in which shall is used in an independent clause, and five in which shall is used in a dependent clause.
From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas
The pronoun that is written on the subject line of the dependent clause.
From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd
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