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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 although, expresses a +Concession+.

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

But what, for but that or but, is also incorrectly used to connect an adverb clause; as, "He is not so bad but what he might be worse."

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

To each of the following independent clauses, join an adverb clause, and so make complex sentences.

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

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 Alonzo Reed

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