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SAT Writing section techniques, strategies & approaches: Difference between revisions
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* "'''Dependent Clause'''" (DC) is not complete sentence and thought | * "'''Dependent Clause'''" (DC) is not complete sentence and thought | ||
** also called "subordinate clause" | ** also called "subordinate clause" | ||
** DC | ** DC has a subject and a verb but is not an IC | ||
** DC clauses are therefore attached to an IC that completes the clause as a complete sentence and/or thought | ** DC clauses are therefore attached to an IC that completes the clause as a complete sentence and/or thought | ||
** DC clauses add information to but are not necessary for the IC to make sense | ** DC clauses add information to ''but are not necessary for'' the IC to make sense | ||
*** Note: technically, a sentence part that does not contain both a noun and a verb is a phrase, yet such sentence parts of commonly referred to as "dependent clauses" when they are actually "phrases" | |||
Click EXPAND for examples | Click EXPAND for examples | ||
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