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=== Dependent clause === | === Dependent clause === | ||
* "Dependent Clause" (DC) is a sentence part that contains a subject and a verb but does not complete a thought | * "Dependent Clause" (DC) is a sentence part that contains a subject and a verb but does not complete a thought | ||
* also called "subordinate clause" | |||
** 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 | |||
Click EXPAND for examples | ** yet non-IC sentence parts are commonly referred to as "dependent clauses" when they are actually "phrases" if they do not contain a subject + verb | ||
Click EXPAND for examples of DC: | |||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> | ||
* " | * "Since I ate breakfast late, I'll skip lunch" | ||
* "Going to the store, I realized I left my wallet at home." | ** "Since I ate" = an incomplete thought and so not an IC | ||
* example of a phrase that is '''not''' a clause as it does not contain a verb: | |||
** "Going to the store, I realized I left my wallet at home." | |||
*** ''going'' = an -ing verb acting as a modifier or adjective and known as a "participal" | |||
*** therefore, "going to the store" = a "participial phrase" and is not a DC | |||
*** see | |||
**** [https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/grammar/sentences/participial-phrases.html Participial Phrases (yourdictionary.com)] | |||
**** [https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/gerund-phrase/ gerund-phrase (gingersoftware.com)] | |||
</div> | </div> | ||
* see: | * see: | ||