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Chapter 7: Subordinate Clauses - Washington State University
public.wsu.eduSubordinate Clauses Clauses, as we have seen, can be coordinated with each other, so that the sentence consists of a set of conjuncts. A clause can also serve other grammatical functions inside another clause: A clause which serves a grammatical function (other than conjunct) inside another clause is called a subordinate clause.
The Oxford Comma
www.umaryland.eduSubordinate clauses are dependent clauses which begin with a subordinating conjunction. If the subordinate clause comes before your independent clause, use a comma at the end of the subordinate. Example: Because I have a big day tomorrow, I have to get plenty of rest Note: “Because I have a big day tomorrow” is a subordinate clause.
Chapter 6 PHRASES, CLAUSES, AND SENTENCES
catalogimages.wiley.comSome subordinate clauses are introduced by relative pronouns (who, whom, that, which, what, whose) and some by subordinating conjunctions (although, because, if, unless, when, etc.). Subordinate clauses function in sentences as adjectives, nouns, and adverbs. Relative clauses A relative clausebegins with a relative pronoun and functions as an ...
SENTENCE COMBINING: Part One
gato-docs.its.txstate.eduthe clauses are of relatively equal value), or by a conjunctive adverb (e.g., therefore, however, instead, then) and a semicolon; 2. a complex sentence, which contains one independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses; 3. a compound-complex sentence, which has two or more independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause.