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adverb clause

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noun

Grammar.
  1. a subordinate clause that functions as an adverb within a main clause.


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When, however, is an adverb referring to time, and in this sentence, it begins an adverb clause.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

An adverb clause may sometimes be changed to an adjective clause or phrase.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd

An adverb clause may be contracted by simply omitting such words as may easily be supplied.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd

The adverb clause, introduced by although, expresses a +Concession+.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd

The adverb clause takes the place of an adverb in modifying a verb, a verbal, an adjective, or an adverb.

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt

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