what are subordinate clauses?
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a grammatical construction related to and dependent on another construction or embedded within it. English subordinate clauses are introduced by conjunctions (eg. if, when, until, for, because, although). Example: The chief will be happy if his people live peacefully with each other.
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you can go to http://grammar.uoregon.edu/verbs/transitive.html\nand http://grammar.uoregon.edu/verbs/intransitive.html to have a look.
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"subordination" is an interesting choice of words? and if subordinate is a thoughtful choice, then why move? what would you consider subordinate about Canada. (i will assume by your condecending, egocentric wording that you are ehem American?)\nClearly you have never left America or you wouldn't have the tone you do. You should go and move to Australia where they'd love you and you would go insane with all of the subordinating subordinate subordination...
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A is correct.\n\nAn adjectival clause usually begins with a relative pronoun, which makes the clause dependent. Common relative pronouns: that, which, who, whom, whose.
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The independent clause is:\n the Nasdaq is now 28 percent below its all-time high of 5,048.62\n as it can stand alone and still make sense. The other parts must therefore be dependent. \nThe first is an adverbial ' After +ing...', and the last is a kind of 'reduced' relative clause '(which was) reached March 10.' \n\nMain clauses can be both independent and contain prepositional phrases, though. As in;\nThe stock market has risen for the third consecutive quarter. 'for the third conecutive quarter' would be considered a prepositional phrase.
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A phrase can be a noun, preposition, adverb, verb, or adjective.\n\nA clause can be a noun, adverb, or adjective.\n\nSee links below.
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Not sure what you're asking---the first line is a noun phrase that could (I suppose) be considered a nominalized form of the second and third lines (which are sentences).\n\nI don't know if I'm in the Asshat category, but, honestly I do not know what "nominalize" means.\n\nThe delegation of full authority to the above defuty\nThis is a noun phrase (should be dePuty)\n\nI delegate a authority to the above deputy\nmy delegation of (full?) authority to the above deputy\n\nthe above deputy is hereby delegated full authority\n\nsame as above, or if you want a noun clause: "That the above deputy is hereby delegated full authority"
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Very few languages, if any, make a grammatical distinction between "conditional" and "subjunctive".  In every language I have ever studied which marks conditional differently than indicative on the verb, conditional ("If you X, then I Y") is marked by the subjunctive forms of the verb.  Conditional is a subset of the situations in which you use subjunctive.  Different grammatical traditions might call the subjunctive forms "conditional" or "subjunctive" or "irrealis".
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Though I wouldn't say they are opposites, I think the answer you are looking for is an independant clause.\n\nsubordinate or dependant clauses gain meaing only by being attached to a sentence and usually act as modifers (ie adjectives)\n\nindependant clauses can stand on their own and dont modify anything
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In all these sentences, the predicate is everything but the subject.  I'll tell you the subject, but the rest of the sentence would be the predicate.\n\n1. subject = YOU\n2. subject = HERE\n3. subject = (YOU) The 'you' is implied in this imperative sentence\n4. subject = RUTTER'S REQUIEM\n5. subject = THE SEVEN SECTIONS OF THE WORK\n6. subject = THE FIRST AND LAST MOVEMENTS\n7. subject = THE SECOND AND SIXTH SECTIONS\n8. subject = THE THIRD SECTION AND THE FIFTH MOVEMENT\n9. subject = THE VERY CENTER OF THE WORK, THE FOURTH SECTION\n10. subject = (YOU) The 'you' is implied in this imperative sentence\n\n.
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connectives???\n\ndo you mean conjunctions??\n\nwell...................\n\n\nA BRIEF EXPLANATION OF CONJUNCTIONS \nA conjunction is a word that links words, phrases, or clauses. There are three types of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions, and subordinating conjunctions. Coordinating conjunctions may join single words, or they may join groups of words, but they must always join similar elements: e.g. subject+subject, verb phrase+verb phrase, sentence+sentence. When a coordinating conjunction is used to join elements, the element becomes a compound element. Correlative conjunctions also connect sentence elements of the same kind: however, unlike coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions are always used in pairs. Subordinating conjunctions, the largest class of conjunctions, connect subordinate clauses to a main clause. These conjunctions are adverbs used as conjunctions. \n\nThe following tables show examples of the various types of conjunctions and some sample sentences using the conjunctions. Since coordinating conjunctions and correlative conjunctions are closed sets of words, all are included in the list. Subordinating conjunctions are a larger class of words; therefore, only a few of the more common ones are included in this list. \n\nCOORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS \n  \nF    A    N    B    O  Y   S \nfor and nor but or  yet so \n\n\nAn easy way to remember these six conjunctions is to think of the word FANBOYS. Each of the letters in this somewhat unlikely word is the first letter of one of the coordinating conjunctions. Remember, when using a conjunction to join two sentences, use a comma before the conjunction. \n\nEXAMPLES AND SENTENCES \nCOORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS \n  \nCONJUNCTION+WHATS LINKED+SAMPLE SENTENCES \n\nand+noun phrase&noun phrase\nWe have tickets for the symphony and the opera. \n\nbut+sentence&sentence\nThe orchestra rehearses on Tuesday, but the chorus rehearses on Wednesday. \n\nor+verb&verb \nHave you seen or heard the opera by Scott Joplin? \n\nso+sentence&sentence\nI wanted to sit in the front of the balcony, so I ordered my tickets early. \n\n \n\n  \n\n \nCORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS \n  \nboth... and not only... but also either... or neither... nor whether... or........ \n\n\nRemember, correlative conjunctions are always used in pairs. They join similar elements.When joining singular and plural subjects, the subject closest to the verb determines whether the verb is singular or plural. \n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nEXAMPLES AND SENTENCES \nCORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS \n  \nCONJUNCTIONS+WHAT IS LINKED+SAMPLE SENTENCE \nboth... and         subject&subject \nBoth my sister and my brother play the piano. \n\neither... or          noun&noun \nTonight's program is either Mozart or Beethoven. \n\nneither...nor       subject+subject \nNeither the orchestra nor the chorus was able to overcome the terrible acoustics in the church \n\nnot only...but also           sentence+sentence \nNot only does Sue raise money for the symphony, but she also ushers at all of their concerts. \n\n \n \nSUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS \n  \nTIME    CAUSE + EFFECT    OPPOSITION    CONDITION \nafter            because                  although             if \nbefore           since                    though             unless \nwhen             now that              even though       only if \nwhile               as                     whereas           whether or not \nsince           in order that            while                even if \nuntil                 so                                             in case (that) \n\n\nSubordinating conjunctions, (subordinators) are most important in creating subordinating clauses. These adverbs that act like conjunctions are placed at the front of the clause. The adverbial clause can come either before or after the main clause. Subordinators are usually a single word, but there are also a number o
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i know what u mean. mine is next week. the most helpful site that is free is \nhttp://www.learnspanish.com\nit helps u with superlatives, pres. prog, EVERYTHING. it'll definitely help u wit subjunctive
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It's a phrase that can stand on its own as a sentence.\n\nExample:\n\nI can either go see a movie at the theater tonight, or I can go rent a movie and watch it at home.\n\nThe "independent clause" is the phrase after "or." The first part of that sentence could also be an independent clause, but you'd have to eliminate the word "either."
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Me gustaria que mi madre fuera mas alta.\n\nAll too frequently, the topic of the subjunctive is made far more difficult than is necessary. The subjunctive is not a tense; rather, it is a mood. Tense refers to when an action takes place (past, present, future), while mood merely reflects how the speaker feels about the action. The subjunctive mood is rarely used in English, but it is widely used in Spanish. \n\nHere are some examples of the subjunctive being used in English:\n\nThe doctor recommends that he take the pills with food.\nSubjunctive conjugation: he take\n\nThe law requires that you be 18 years old to vote.\nSubjunctive conjugation: you be\n\nIf I were a rich man, I wouldn't have to work hard.\nSubjunctive conjugation: I were
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It is not a sentence...\n\nBeneath the noted universal concerns there lies a distinctive world view.\n\n Or better yet use a semi colon after the word preceeding but ..then replacing it with however and a comma...like this \n\n" ; however, beneath these universal concerns there lies a distinctive worldview."
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If you trim away everything you can, "respect" is the subject, and "requires" is the verb.\n\n"When in the Course... entitle them," can be completely chopped away and you will still have a complete sentence. It's a dependant clause, but I do not remember exactly what type any longer.\n\nThat leaves us with "A decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."\n\nIn that sentence, "A decent respect to the opinions of mankind" is a subject clause or complex subject. "A" is merely an article, "decent" is an adjective, and "to the opinions" and "of mankind" are both prepositional phrases, so structurally they can all go. \n\nNow we have "Respect requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation." Drop the prepositional phrase "to the separation" and we're left with, "Respect requires that they should declare the causes which impel them."  "The causes which impel them" is what is being declared, so it's objective, not subjective in nature.  Therefore, that goes too.\n\nNow we are only left with "Respect requires that they should declare."  In this short sentence, the word "that" is our big tip-off. It makes "they should declare" dependant on the phrase before it. In other words, "they should declare" is what is being required, and therefore dependant and objective, rather than subjective in nature. So the simplest sentence, subject-verb, is all we are left with: Respect requires.
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I know a lot about them--what did you want to know?  German is actually considered mixed SVO/SOV since all dependent clauses have the verb moved to the end.  A very good book on German syntax comparing it to English is "A Comparative Typology of English and German" by John A. Hawkins, 1986, University of Texas Press.  There may be something more recent, but this is the book we used in my graduate German Syntax class at UT in 1992.