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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

The adverb clause, introduced by that, assigns the cause or the motive or the +Purpose+ of his exercising.

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

No grammarian, we think, would class each of these three italicized clauses as an adverb clause of cause.

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

The first as, modified by the adverb clause, answers the question, Good to what extent or degree?

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

Expand each of the following phrases into an adverb clause, and fit this clause into a sentence of your own building.

From Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Reed, Alonzo

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