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 |''verb''
 |''prepositional phrase''
-|''subject''
+|''subject(relative pronoun)''
-''(relative pronoun)''
 |''verb''
-|''object''
+|''object phrase''
 |-
 | colspan="3" |The IC could be a sentence by itself:
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-* Relative clauses may come in between a subject and its predicate
+* note: if we used the wording, "The snow fell all night, which meant school canceled," we would then have the clause "school canceled" (subject-verb) as a dependent (noun) clause within the first dependent (relative) clause:
-** the SAT frequently measures this sentence form:
+** i.e. ''The snow fell all night, which meant school canceled''
-*** in order to confuse students about subject-verb matching
+*** relative clause
-*** in order to confuse students about punctuation
+*** noun clause
-* ex.:
+**** see [[SAT Writing section techniques, strategies & approaches|here]] or [[Clause (grammar)#noun clause|here]] for more on noun clauses
+** the dependent marker "that" is assumed (thus can be omitted):
+*** ''The snow fell all night, which meant that school canceled''
+==== Relative clause within an IC: ====
+* Relative clauses may come in between an independent clause's subject and predicate
+* the SAT frequently measures this sentence form:
+** in order to confuse students about subject-verb matching
+** in order to confuse students about punctuation
+* ex.:
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