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

But if the dependent clause be inserted parenthetically, it is marked off by commas or the other marks of parenthesis, however short it may be.

From "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students by Paul Allardyce

The whole sentence, composed of an independent and a dependent clause, we call a +Complex Sentence+.

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

Show by numerous examples from this selection that the dependent clause of a sentence takes the rising Inflection—whilst the principal clause takes the falling.

From The Ontario High School Reader by A.E. Marty

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