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Meanings of dependent clause in English
Grammar term: type of clause that cannot stand alone but serves as a clause element for another clause instead, usually introduced by a subordinator.
Synonyms
Examples for "subordinate clause"
Examples for "subordinate clause"
1
Here omit "when," and we at once substitute a parenthetical statement for what is really a subordinate clause.
2
Which is the principal, and which the subordinate clause,-thatI am stone-cold ,asyou call it, or that you love me, as you call it?
3
If they are subordinate clauses, determine whether they are used as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
4
When Abby started in on the ten-dollar words and subordinate clauses, there was going to be hell to pay.
5
Finally, I have occasionally altered the original syntax, usually by transposing subordinate clauses so that the meaning is more readily grasped.
Usage of dependent clause in English
1
If the sentence last quoted were inverted, a comma would be placed after the dependent clause.
2
The whole sentence, composed of an independent and a dependent clause, we call a +Complex Sentence+.
3
For a senator who has never met a dependent clause he didn't like, that may be a tall order.
4
Of a dependent clause.
5
The pupil will notice that, in some of these sentences, the dependent clause modifies the subject, and that, in others, it modifies the noun complement.
6
Let some of the dependent clauses be used as adjectives, and some, as adverbs.
7
Consequently, the contrivances for stringing together dependent clauses don't exist.
8
Dependent clauses preceded by "that" should be kept distinct from those that are independent.
9
Primary tenses in principal and dependent clauses:
10
Secondary tenses in principal and dependent clauses:
11
He does not giggle nor prattle, nor launch into a long and involved explanation with halting, dependent clauses.
12
If so, this is often an indication of dependent clauses or extra information that makes the text harder to read.
13
[Footnote: These infinitive phrases can be expanded into dependent clauses.
14
(Let one dependent clause be an adjective clause; let three express cause; five, condition; and two, concession.)
15
[Footnote: In this sentence, also in (15) and (17), the dependent clause is sometimes termed a clause of Result or Consequence.
16
(2) No point is needed if there be a very close grammatical connection between the dependent clause and some word or words preceding it.
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