subordinate clause
From Wiktionary
Noun [change]
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Singular |
- (grammar) A subordinate clause is a clause inside another clause.
- In the following sentences, the subordinate clause is underlined.
- I wonder if it will rain today.
- They wanted a promise that no one would be punished.
- That no one believed me was not a surprise.
- They saw nobody they knew.
- This has been going on for so long that it 's not even news anymore.
- In the following sentences, the subordinate clause is underlined.
| Grammar (edit) | |
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| parts of speech | noun - verb - adjective - adverb - determinative/determiner - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection |
| grammatical functions | head - subject - predicate - object - complement - modifier - adjunct - determiner/specifier |
| clauses | independent clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause |
