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* see "relative clause" | * see "relative clause" | ||
==== adverbial clause ==== | ==== adverb clause (or adverbial clause) ==== | ||
* = a subordinate clause created by a subordinating conjunction and adding information to the action of a sentence: | * = a subordinate clause created by a subordinating conjunction and adding information to the action of a sentence: | ||
* adverbial clauses define or add information as to ''how, how much, when, where, why'' | * adverbial clauses define or add information as to ''how, how much, when, where, why (cause/effect):'' | ||
* examples: | * examples: | ||
** ''I'm staying '''until the park closes''''' | ** ''I'm staying '''until the park closes''''' | ||
** '''''As my grades sank''', my heart sank, as well'' | ** '''''As my grades sank''', my heart sank, as well'' | ||
** ''I will bring my umbrella '''since''' it is raining'' | |||
** ''I got a good grade because I studied hard'' | |||
* adjunct v. disjuncts | |||
** adjuncts are integrated in a phrase or clause | |||
*** | |||
** disjuncts are peripheral (outside or, or on the edge of) | |||
==== finite and non-finite clauses ==== | ==== finite and non-finite clauses ==== | ||