Teachers often ask me questions about subordinate clauses and complex
sentences, so here are a few details.
A subordinate clause is a clause that is not the main clause in a sentence and cannot stand on its own as a sentence. Use of a subordinate clause will create a complex sentence. In some grammar texts the subordinate clause is referred to as the dependent clause and the main clause as the independent clause. Sometimes subordinate clauses may start a sentence; sometimes they may be positioned at the end of a sentence and sometimes they may be embedded within the sentence.
A subordinate clause is a clause that is not the main clause in a sentence and cannot stand on its own as a sentence. Use of a subordinate clause will create a complex sentence. In some grammar texts the subordinate clause is referred to as the dependent clause and the main clause as the independent clause. Sometimes subordinate clauses may start a sentence; sometimes they may be positioned at the end of a sentence and sometimes they may be embedded within the sentence.
There are different types of subordinate clause: adverbial, relative and nominal. You can link to these pages for a bit more information on each type of clause.
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