dependent clause

British  

noun

1. grammar another term for subordinate clause

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dependent clause Cultural  

1. A clause that does not stand alone as a sentence but depends on another clause to complete its meaning: “When I get my braces off, I will be very happy.” Dependent clauses are also known as subordinate clauses. (Compare independent clause.)

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dependent clause

Or you can combine the shorter sentences into a complex sentence with a dependent clause, as in the second example.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

Perhaps knowing the difference between a main clause and a dependent clause doesn’t matter so much so long as you can intuit the difference.

From The Guardian ● May 13, 2017

The dependent clause, introduced by that, is equivalent to a noun, and is the +Object Complement+ of believe.

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

A subordinate or dependent clause is one which makes a statement depending upon or modifying some word in the principal clause.

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt

That touch pitch is a modifier of they because it limits the meaning of they; the dependent clause is connected by its subject that to they.

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